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.

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Freedom is not easy to achieve. A country often has to go through difficult and painful experiences to gain its independence. The recent tragic events in this region have shown that it takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice for a nation to become free.

About Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a renowned barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. He served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League and later became the first governor-general of the newly formed nation of Pakistan. Jinnah’s life and legacy continue to be celebrated in Pakistan, where he is revered as the ‘Quaid-e-Azam’ (Great Leader) and ‘Baba-e-Qaum’ (Father of the Nation).

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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

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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.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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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

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Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)

Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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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

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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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

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

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)

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

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)

Failure is a word unknown to me.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)

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

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)

Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876-1948)