So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.
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So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.
For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
Land where my fathers died,_x000D_ _x000D_ Land of the pilgrims' pride,_x000D_ _x000D_ From every mountainside_x000D_ _x000D_ Let freedom ring!
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
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