Quaid-e-Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
15 sayings
1. "No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."
2. "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."
3. "With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve."
4. "Think a hundred times before you take a decision, but once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man."
5. "You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of 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."
6. "We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live."
7. "Without unity, nothing can be accomplished."
8. "We are passing through a period of fear, danger, difficulty and agony. We must have faith, unity and discipline."
9. "The story of Pakistan, its struggle and its achievement, is the very story of great human ideals, struggling to survive in the face of odds and difficulties."
10. "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."
11. "We are Muslims and we have, therefore, to live like Muslims. We must observe the golden principles of Islam."
12. "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."
13. "We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners."
14. "With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve."
15. "Education is a matter of life and death for Pakistan."
