The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.

We can't encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.

As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.

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?

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

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.