Indian freedom fighters’ quotes that inspire and resonate today

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Published Aug 14, 2024

By Vivek Dubey

"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."

Mahatma Gandhi

"The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas"

Bhagat Singh

“One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives”

Subhas Chandra Bose

“We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action”

Sarojini Naidu

“Don't see others doing better than you, beat your own records everyday, because success is a fight between you and yourself”

Chandra Shekhar Azad

"Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act"

Annie Besant

“Constitution is not a mere lawyer’s document, it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of age”

B. R. Ambedkar

“Every citizen of India must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties”

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel