New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- India will celebrate its 79th Independence Day on August 15, 2025. Here are 20 inspiring quotes by prominent Indian leaders and freedom fighters:

"We want complete Swaraj, not merely a change of masters." - Jawaharlal Nehru, during the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (INC) on December 31, 1929

"The British will have to give us freedom, or we will take it." - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, during a Home Rule League rally in Poona (now Pune) on April 28, 1916

"The only way to meet the British is with the sword." - Subhas Chandra Bose, during a speech in Singapore on July 5, 1943, after taking charge of the Indian National Army.

"If we have to fight, we must fight clean; if we have to sacrifice, we must do so w...