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Sisters and Brothers of America, It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects. My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation, which has sheltered the persecuted, and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant

Awakening Patriotic Outpour from our beloved President Dr. Abdul Kalam “I have three visions for India: Freedom, Development and the Courage to Stand Up. In 3000 years our history, people from all over the world have invaded us, captured our lands and conquered our minds. From Alexander onwards to the Moghuls, the Portugese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect freedom of others. That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build upon. If we are not free, no one will respect us. My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years, we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation