
MAULANA ABDUL KALAM AZAD: “The first phase of our national struggle has successfully ended. We have achieved freedom. This we could not have done without the fullest cooperation, unity and steadfastness of the entire nation. We would need these qualities still more in our second and more vital stage of national reconstruction. We should endeavour to utilise our newly won freedom in a manner which will make our freedom a real fulfillment of our hopes. Every Indian must, in this hour of need, respond to the call of the country and perform his or her duty loyally in whatever station of life he or she may be.”