Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

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

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

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?