"I have given you independence, now go and preserve it."

“'7th March Speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman'”

“You know, they can't keep me here for more than six months.”

“As we have already learned how to sacrifice our own lives, now no one can stop us!”

“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.”

“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?”

“'NBC: The George Washington of Bangladesh'”