Happy Republic Day Quotes:- On January 26, 1950, the Constitution of India came into full effect, marking the country’s independence. Since then, India has never failed to pay tribute to its Republic Day.
As part of the celebration, a grand military parade is held in New Delhi. It involves participants from the country’s navy, air force, and army. Bravery medals and national awards are given that same day to common people, soldiers, and even students. It has also been a part of their tradition to welcome a prime minister of another country to be their chief guest.
Now, to help you celebrate this important event, here are some of the best Republic Day quotes we’ve gathered.
Happy Republic Day Quotes And Sayings
“At the dawn of history, India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she [India] has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
“India has two million gods and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.” – Mark Twain
“In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence, which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the questions that exercise us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
“India – The land of Vedas, the remarkable works contain not only religious ideas for a perfect life but also facts which science has proved true. Electricity, radium, electronics, airship, all were known to the seers who founded the Vedas.” – Wheeler Wilcox
“I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.” – Henry James
“Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony, and progress in South Asia.” – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
“If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.” – Romain Rolland
“Democracy means nothing if people are not able to work the democracy for the common good.” – Chandra Bhushan
Best Happy Republic Day Quotes 2021
“Let new India arise out of peasants’ cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler, and sweeper.” – Swami Vivekananda
“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
“When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.” – Albert Einstein
Humorous Republic Day Quotes
“The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.” – Franklin Pierce Adams
“On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!”– Alexander Henry
“We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future? “– Jawaharlal Nehru
“I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor.” – Grover Cleveland
“You must be the change you want to see in the World.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great-grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!” – Mark Twain
“India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border!” – Hu Shih
“India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we can compete with other nations in space exploration and one of them will fulfill her dreams.” – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Best Humorous Republic Day Quotes
“Citizenship consists in the service of the country.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge… At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
“We are Indians, firstly and lastly.” – B. R. Ambedkar
“A republic – if you can keep it – is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect.” – Mike Pence
