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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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“We gave blood in 1952, we won a mandate in 1954. But we were not allowed to take up the reins of this country. In 1958, Ayub Khan clamped Martial Law on our people and enslaved us for the next 10 years. In 1966, our people fought for the Six points but the lives of our our young men and women were stilled by government bullets.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had said, Mr. Yahya Khan, you are the President of this country. Come to Dhaka, come and see how our poor Bengali people have been mown down by your bullets, how the laps of our mothers and sisters have been robbed and left empty and bereft, how my helpless people have been slaughtered. Come, I said, come and see for yourself and then be the judge and decide. That is what I told him.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nor did they succeed in hanging me on the gallows, for you rescued me with your blood from the infamous conspiracy case. That day, right here on this racecourse, I had pledged to you that I would pay this debt with my own blood. Do you remember? I am ready today to fulfill that promise!”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There shall be no transaction between East and West Pakistan. All communications, telegraph and telephone, will be confined within Bangladesh. The people of this land are facing elimination. If need be, we will bring everything to a total standstill. Collect your salaries on time. If the salaries are held up, if a single bullet is fired upon us henceforth, if the murder of my people does not cease, I call upon you to turn every home into a fortress against their onslaught. Use whatever you can put your hands on to confront this enemy. Every last road must be blocked.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As we have already learned how to sacrifice our own lives, now no one can stop us!”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As we have already shed blood, we are ready to shed more blood!”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This time the struggle is for our freedom, this time the struggle is for our independence! Joy bangla!”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sir, you will see that they want to place the word ‘East Pakistan’ instead of ‘East Bengal’. We have demanded so many times that you should use Bengal instead of Pakistan. The world Bengal has a history, has a tradition of its own. You can change it only after the people have been consulted. If you want to change it, then we have to go back to Bengal and see whether Bengalis will accept it.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan in Karachi in 1955 during a debate on whether to adopt the One Unit scheme in Pakistan and divide the country into two provinces- East and West Pakistan.
“You know, they can't keep me here for more than six months.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anyone who wishes to stay in Bangladesh will have to talk to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The people of East Pakistan will owe it to the million who have died in the cyclone to make the supreme sacrifice of another million lives, if need be, so that we can live as a free people.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Addressing a rally before the 1970 general elections in Pakistan.
“I have given you independence, now go and preserve it.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: While speaking to Awami League leaders a few hours before his arrest on the night of 25th March, 1971. Mujib:Triumph and Tragedy by S A Karim
“This may be my last message. From today Bangladesh is independent. I call upon the people of Bangladesh wherever you are and with whatever you have, to resist the occupation army. Our fight will go on till the last soldier of the Pakistan Occupation Army is expelled from the soil of independent Bangladesh. Final victory is ours. Joy Bangla!”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Declaration of Independence on the night of 26th March, 1971. The declaration was made minutes before his arrest by the Pakistan Army.
“My greatest strength is the love for my people, my greatest weakness is that I love them too much.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Sir David Frost on the BBC, 1972.
“If we had remained in Pakistan, it would be a strong country. Again, if India had not been divided in 1947, it would be an even stronger country. But, then, Mr. President, in life do we always get what we desire?”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We believe that if we can establish a non-communal state in East Bengal, then West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, which are currently ruled and oppressed by Hindi-speaking people, will one day be willing to join an independent Bangladesh.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am happy with my Bangladesh.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Replying to a question on whether he contemplated the Indian state of West Bengal joining his country and creating a "Greater Bangladesh". He was speaking to reporters at a press conference in London in January, 1972 af…
“Yes, but there is a difference. You see, I am a very poor sheikh.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source