When you imitate the enemy's tactics, you take on his liabilities.

Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings.

India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passion and abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure; and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

A country is known by the way it treats its animals

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.