The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

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

Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.

What is history, indeed, but a record of change?

We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.