What We Really Are Matters

A Language Is Something Infinitely Greater Than Grammar And Philology. It Is The Poetic Testament Of The Genius Of A Race And A Culture, And The Living Embodiment Of The Thoughts And Fancies That Have Moulded Them

India Has Known The Innocence And Insouciance Of Childhood, The Passion And Abandon Of Youth, And The Ripe Wisdom Of Maturity That Comes From Long Experience Of Pain And Pleasure; And Over And Over A Gain She Has Renewed Her Childhood And Youth And Age

Only A Prisoner Who Has Been Confined For Long Behind High Walk Can Appreciate The Extraordinary Psychological Value Of These Outside Walks And Open Views.

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?

A Man Who Is Afraid Will Do Anything.