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

I cannot understand the logic of those who have been deliberately and mischievously propagating that the Constitution of Pakistan will not be based on Islamic Sharia. Islamic principles today are as much applicable to life as they were 1300 years ago.

I don’t take right decisions, I take decisions and make them right

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.

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

It is only with united effort and faith in our destiny that we shall be able to translate the Pakistan of our dreams into reality.

Failure is a word unknown to me.

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.

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.

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

Every Mussalman should serve Pakistan honestly, sincerely and selflessly.

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.

When Mrs. Jinnah feels cold, she will say so, and ask for a wrap herself.

Democracy is in the blood of Musalmans, who look upon complete equality of manhood [mankind] and believe in fraternity, equality and liberty.

I am not going to respect. Gray hairs unless there is wisdom beneath them.

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

Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.

The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.

One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.

Authority is never without hate.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.

Health must always come first. It is an exceptional moment and we must follow the indications of both health organizations and public authorities.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.