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“It cannot be denied that Islam, regarded as an ethical ideal plus a certain kind of polity - by which expression I mean a social structure regulated by a legal system and animated by a specific ethical ideal - has been the chief formative factor in the life-history of the Muslims of India. It has furnished those basic emotions and loyalties which gradually unify scattered individuals and groups, and finally transform them into a well-defined people, possessing a moral consciousness of their own.”

Source: Speeches, Writings, and Statements of Iqbal

“At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength.”

Source: Important speeches: being a collection of most significant speeches delivered from 1922 to 1951

“The ideal is a synthesis of the different cultures that have come to stay in India, that have influenced Indian life, and that, in their turn, have themselves been influenced by the spirit of the soil.”

Different Spirit Turns Culture Ideals India Indian Soil Different Cultures Synthesis

Book:The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa

Source: The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa

“They say that this century is going to be an Asian Century. I am very clear that without embracing the path and ideals shown by Gautam Buddha this century cannot be an Asian century!”

Path Clear Century Ideals Empowerment India Asian

Author:Narendra Modi

“I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India.”

Long Discovery Ideals India British Empires Surprising Loyal British Empire

Author:Arthur L. Herman

“The Constitution of India seeks to guarantee respect for the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, and the integrity of the electoral process. But time and again, provisions of the Constitution of India have been flagrantly violated in Kashmir, and the ideals that it enshrines have been forgotten.”

Has Beens Law Process Integrity Ideals India Constitution Independence Forgotten Guarantees Provision Rule Of Law Judiciary Kashmir Electoral Process

Author:Nyla Ali Khan

“In an ideal world, you could reunite the Pakistan-occupied part of Kashmir with the Indian-occupied part and restore the old borders. You could have both India and Pakistan agreeing to guarantee those borders, demilitarise the area, and to invest in it economically. In a sane world that would happen, but we don't live in a sane world.”

World Happens Areas Ideals India Indian Borders Guarantees Sane Pakistan Kashmir Ideal World India And Pakistan

Author:Salman Rushdie

“Nationalism is inspired by the highest ideals of the human race, satyam [the true], shivam [the god], sundaram [the beautiful]. Nationalism in India has ... roused the creative faculties which for centuries had been lying dormant in our people.”

People Humans Beautiful Lying Race Creative Century Highest Ideals India Army Inspired Human Race Nationalism Faculty Dormant

Author:Subhas Chandra Bose

“India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.”

“The greatest human ideal is the great cause of bringing together the thoughts of Europe and Asia; the great soul of India will topple our world.”

World Humans Soul Together Causes Europe Ideals India Our World Asia Great Souls

Author:Romain Rolland

“The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.”

Mother Suffering Forgiveness Ideals India Forgiving Motherhood Womanhood Unselfish Marvellous

Book:Awakened India

Source: Awakened India