I Am The Last Englishman To Rule

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?

At The Stroke Of The Midnight Hour, When The World Sleeps, India Will Awake To Life And Freedom. A Moment Comes, Which Comes But Rarely In History, When We Step Out From The Old To The New, When An Age Ends, And When The Soul Of A Nation, Long Suppressed, Finds Utterance.

The Basic Fact Of Today Is The Tremendous Pace Of Change In Human Life.

A Leader Or A Man Of Action In A Crisis Almost Always Acts Subconsciously And Then Thinks Of The Reasons For His Action.

I Want Nothing To Do With Any Religion Concerned With Keeping The Masses Satisfied To Live In Hunger, Filth, And Ignorance.