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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.

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah Mohammad Ali Jinnah : A Political Study (1962)

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There is no power on earth that can undo Pakistan.

I do not know what the ultimate shape of this constitution is going to be, but I am sure that it will be of a democratic type, embodying the essential principle of Islam.

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.

The Story of Pakistan, its struggle and its achievement, is the very story of great human ideals, struggling to survive in the face of great odds and difficulties.

Pakistan is going to be a state in which all people will get their due share in all the amenities of life.

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