Happy Independence Day 2025: 25 Patriotic quotes and messages by freedom fighters of India that will make you emotional
Imagine a life where you know every day could be your last day living outside the bars-waking up in the morning and getting ready with only one hope in your heart: Azadi. Days when 'Dogs and Indians Not Allowed' was a phrase used as casually as the Open–Close sign on a restaurant's door.
In a situation like this, nobody wrapped freedom in gift paper and handed it over to India-it was earned through the courage, sacrifices, and spirit of countless men and women who dared to dream of an independent nation. The struggle for independence was more than a political movement; it was a test of the human soul- of unity against division, and of hope against despair.
In those difficult years, freedom fighters did more than fight with arms; they fought with words that still echo across time.
Their speeches, letters, and heartfelt declarations were not merely calls to action-they were sparks that ignited the fire of patriotism in millions. Every quote they left behind carries a universe of emotions: the longing for justice, the pain of sacrifices, the pride in the nation, and an unshakable faith in a brighter tomorrow.
Reading these immortal words today is like getting a chance to step into history, feeling the pulse of those who lived and died for the tricolor.
Here are 25 quotes by India's freedom fighters- words to make your heart swell with pride and your eyes moist with gratitude.
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"Freedom is not given; it is taken. Fight for your rights."
-Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
'Knowledge with humility is worthless.'
-Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
'One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead. Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.'-
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
'At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.'-
Jawaharlal Nehru
'Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?'
-Mahatma Gandhi
'They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.'
-Bhagat Singh
'The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India.'
-Lala Lajpat Rai
'We will face the bullets of the enemy; we are free and will remain free.'
-Chandra Shekhar Azad
'Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.'-
Mahatma Gandhi
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Give me blood, I will give you freedom.
"-Subhas Chandra Bose
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Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas.'
-Bhagat Singh
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It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we shall be able to preserve with our own strength.
"-Subhas Chandra Bose
"
Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible."
-Subhas Chandra Bose
'The preservation of freedom is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.'-Lal Bahadur Shastri
"Let new India arise out of peasants' cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper."-Swami Vivekananda
'Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms toward perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action—
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.'
-Rabindranath Tagore
"Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt."-
Mahatma Gandhi
"Even if I have to face death a thousand times for the sake of my Motherland, I shall not be sorry. Oh, Lord! Grant me a hundred lives, that I may give them to my country."
-Ram Prasad Bismil
"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."-
Mahatma Gandhi
'Manpower without Unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power.'-
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
'My final words of advice to you are educate, agitate and organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side, I do not see how we can lose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy. The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or social in it. For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for freedom. It is the battle of reclamation of human personality.'-
B. R. Ambedkar
'Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.'
-Jawaharlal Nehru
'There is no dream and if there is, there is only one to see my children struggling for the same and for which I am expected to be finished'
-Ashfaqullah khan
'Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.'
-Rabindranath Tagore
'So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.'
-B.R. Ambedkar
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