Muhammad Ali Jinnah Quotes
We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali. Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah: Speeches and Statements as Governor-General of Pakistan, 1947-1948. Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1989, p. 77.
Borah in this quotation reflects a deeply held view of a minority of Americans who are opposed to any foreign force—“legal or moral”—influencing affairs in America. The concern is rarely stated with such eloquence. By Borah’s standards our participation in the United Nations is wrong and unwise.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, politician and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and then as the Dominion of Pakistan's first Governor-General until his death. He is revered in Pakistan as the Quaid-i-Azam ("Great Leader") and Baba-i-Qaum ("Father of the Nation"). His birthday is observed as a national holiday in Pakistan.