I shall never come to the Punjab again; it is such a hopeless place.

We are starting in the days where there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle: that we are all citizens, and equal citizens, of one State.

My message to you all is hope, courage and confidence.

If you will work in co-operation, forgetting the past, burying the hatchet, you are bound to succeed.

The British Government very naturally would like to see in India the form of democratic constitutions it knows best and thinks best, under which the Government of the country is entrusted to one or other political party in accordance with the turn of elections.

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.

The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property, and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the State.

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

One of the biggest curses from which India is suffering -- I do not say that other coutries are free from it, but I think our condition is much worse -- is bribery and corruption, That really is a poison.

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

If we cannot agree, let us at any rate agree to differ, but let us part as friends.

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.

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

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

What I am afraid of is... Gandhi. He has brains and always tried to put me in the wrong. I have to be on guard and alert all the time.

Nature has given you everything: you have got unlimited resources. The foundations of your State have been laid, and it is now for you to build, and build as quickly and as well as you can. So go ahead and I wish you God speed.

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

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.

One of the biggest curses from which India is suffering -- I do not say that other countries are free from it, but I think our condition is much worse -- is bribery and corruption. That really is a poison.

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.