Quaid Azam Quotes

• I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Positive, Believe, Self Confidence

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• You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed - that has nothing to do with the business of the State.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Pakistan, Mosques, May

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah's Address to the Constituent Assembly, August 11, 1947.

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• No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Pakistan, Height, Sides

  Speech at a meeting of the Muslim University Union, Aligarh, March 10, 1944.

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• My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Courage, Determination, Persistence

  Eid-ul-Azha Message to the Nation, October 24, 1947.

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• Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah did all three.

  Stanley Wolpert

  Creating, Jinnah, Three

  "Jinnah of Pakistan". Book by Stanley Wolpert, 1984.

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• No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Struggle, Men, Pakistan

  Speech at Islamia College for women, March 25, 1940.

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• Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Ideas, India And Pakistan, India Pakistan

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• The prosperity and advancement of a nation depend upon its intelligentsia, and Muslim India is looking forward to her young generation and education classes to give a bold lead for our guidance and a brilliant record of histrorical achievements and traditions.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Responsibility, Past, Young Generation

  "Some Recent Speeches and Writings of Mr. Jinnah", December 24, 1940.

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• We are now all Pakistanis — not Baluchis, Pathans, Sindhis, Bengalis, Punjabis and so on — and as Pakistanis, we must feet behave and act, and we should be proud to be known as Pakistanis and nothing else.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Feet, Proud, Should

  Reply to the Civic Address presented by the Quetta Municipality, June 15, 1948.

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• No settlement with the majority community is possible, as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority shows any concern or genuine desire for it.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Leader, Desire, Majority

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah's Address to the Muslim League Lucknow, www.columbia.edu. October 1937.

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• That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent. We are in the midst of unparalleled difficulties and untold sufferings; we have been through dark days of apprehension and anguish; but I can say with confidence that with courage and self-reliance and by the Grace of God we shall emerge triumphant.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Dark, Sacrifice, Self

  Speech at a rally at the University Stadium, Lahore, October 30, 1947.

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• India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Country, India, Nations

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• Democracy is in the blood of Musalmans, who look upon complete equality of manhood [mankind]…[and] believe in fraternity, equality and liberty.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Believe, Blood, Democracy

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• I sincerely hope that they (relations between India and Pakistan) will be friendly and cordial. We have a great deal to do...and think that we can be of use to each other (and to) the world.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Thinking, India And Pakistan, Friendly

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• I have nothing to do with this pseudo-religious approach that Gandhi is advocating.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Religious, Pseudo, Advocating

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• We must work our destiny in our own way and present to the world an economic system based on true Islamic concept of equality of manhood and social justice. We will thereby be fulfilling our mission as Muslims and giving to humanity the message of peace which alone can save it and secure the welfare, happiness and prosperity of mankind.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Islamic, Destiny, Giving

  Speech at the opening ceremony of the State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, July 1, 1948.

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• There is no power on earth that can undo Pakistan.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Influence And Power, Pakistan, Earth

  Speech at a rally at the University Stadium, Lahore, October 30, 1947.

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• Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Inspirational, Life, Taken

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• Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Success, Money, Business

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• That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Sacrifice, Suffering, Tragic

  Speech at a rally at the University Stadium, Lahore, October 30, 1947.

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• You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Islamic, Equality, Justice

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah's address to the officers and men of the 5th Heavy Ack Ack and 6th Light Ack Ack Regiments in Malir, Karachi, February 21, 1948.

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• Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Responsibility, Past, Islam

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• You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Determination, Selfless, Matter

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• We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Islamic, Men, Light

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• The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Mistake, Teaching, Rights

  Broadcast to the people of Australia, February 19, 1948.

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