"Was Islam spread by them through force and coercion? No. They preached Islam by personal example. "
"Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence. "
"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science. "
"God is not a dead equation! "
"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. "
"You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil. "
"I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred. "
"I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam."
"I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature"
"I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam."