Fatima Jinnah Quotable Quotes

“1) People of Pakistan are by nature devoted to the cause of peace and goodwill.”
”2) You should try to develop your own sense of judgment so that you may be able to distinguish right from the wrong, in every step of yours the first and foremost consideration should be that of the interest of the state.”
”3) We should be able to help ourselves anew towards realization of our cherished goal to make a mighty Pakistan of our Quaid-e-Azam’s dream.”
(August 14th 1950)

“Recent history has already shown that attempts to suppress popular will cannot silence the resurgence of the people. Let those who drain their resources read the writing on the wall. Deeper below the apparent lull, exists the glow of the passion of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to join the caravan of common destiny with those whose links cannot be broken by bayonets. Blood, culture and the very edifice on which the partition of the Indian Sub-continent was solemnly agreed by the Indian National Congress – religion – has created insoluble and indissoluble ties which neither silver can purchase nor bullets suppress.”
(Quaid-e-Azam’s 5th Death Anniversary broadcast September 11th 1953)

“ We are prepared to fight for peace to our last man. Let there be no mistake. ”
(Quaid-e-Azam’s 5th Death Anniversary broadcast September 11th 1953).

“ How long will you continue to depend on the help of others for your existence? Create your own inherent strength. You have yet to accomplish great many things so that your freedom may reach the pinnacle of its glory.”
“Pakistanis! You who constitute the nation, are its true builders. It is your duty to do everything you can to preserve the freedom and independence of your country. This you will be able to achieve if you will follow the principles laid down by Quaid-e-Azam.”
(Quaid-e-Azam's 3rd Anniversary broadcast September 11th 1951)

“It is a matter of rejoicing to feel the throbbing of freedom that we have ourselves achieved under the guidance of our beloved Quaid-i-Azam than Pakistan and without which we cannot really be free”.
(Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah's address on the 3rd anniversary of Pakistan's Independence)

“Pakistan has limitless resources which can be utilized for the benefit of the state. Freedom has given us that glorious opportunity and the responsibility is on your shoulder”.
(Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah's address on the 3rd anniversary of Pakistan's Independence)

“...no experience is ever lost. We should be able to help ourselves anew towards realization of our cherished goal to make a mighty Pakistan of our Quaid-e-Azam’s dream”.
(Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah's address on the 3rd anniversary of Pakistan’s Independence)

“Great achievements require gigantic efforts, without which our progress sound to be slow”.
(Message to the Nation of Pakistan, 14 August 1950)

“No nation can ever hope to obtain full intellectual stature or eminence without first releasing, the mental processes, of its people from the yoke of a foreign language as the medium of thought and expression“.
(Speech at Inauguration of Urdu Degree College, Karachi, June 1949)

“Woman occupies an exceedingly important place in the world. In view of her capabilities, the nature has assigned vast duties to her. If you failed in them, you will not only harm your individual-self but also severely hurt your collective life”.
(Speech at Meeting of the Anjuman Tahaffuz Haquq-e-Nisvan, Lahore, April 1949)

“Highest character and integrity must be developed and all personal ambitions must be erased for the common good of the Nation”.
(Address to All Pakistan Muslim Youth Convention at Karachi in 1948)

“Do not be swept away by new slogans and leaders who had a doubtful past. Do not fritter away your time and energy in encouraging or participating in mushroom parties an organizations”.
(Address to Zenana Muslim League, at Curzon Hall of Dhaka, 23 March 1948)

"Constitution is one of the first essentials on which our future and progress are based”.
(Eid ul Fitr Message, 24 June 1952)