“I recognise no limits to my aspiration for my motherland. I want our people to be in their own country what other people are in theirs. I want our men and women without distinctions of caste or creed, to have opportunities to grow to the full height of their stature, unhampered by cramping and unnatural restrictions. I want India to take her place among the great nations of the world, politically, industrially, in religion, in literature, in science and in arts.”

- Gopal Krishna Gokhale

If the economy fails, then the one opportunity the people of India have had in forty years to look forward to a better life and a fighting chance to reduce poverty and unemployment, will have been lost and it will be a long long time before another such opportunity presents itself.

- Minoo Masani

May be, the days of our power are gone. But the days of our influence are by no means gone. Few though we are, we are not without the power of warning against danger, of advising in difficulty, of pointing out the way of safety and security. These things we can do always, and now that we are totally free of all temptations to consult the polling booth, now that we can look facts in the face, we can afford more than any other person in the political life of India to speak the truth just as we see it, to serve India whom we love so much without fear or favour. It is not a small role to play, and so long as we still can do it, we will not be found wanting.

- Rt. Hon. V.S. Srinivasa Sastri

The spirit of liberalism implies freedom from race and creed prejudices and a steady devotion to all that seeks to do justice between man and man; and giving to the rulers, loyalty that is due to the law that they are bound to administer, but securing at the same time to the people the equality which is their right under the law. Moderation imposes the conditions of never vainly aspiring after the impossible or after the remote, but striving each day to take the next step in the order of natural growth by doing work that lies nearest to our hands in a spirit of compromise and fairness.

- Justice M. G. Ranade

Povery is a huge challenge for Liberals, both for their vision of humanity and their vision of a just liberal society. Liberals believe in the principle of freedom of the individual and a set of inalienable human rights. Extreme poverty is a daily attack on the right to life of an individual and therefore cannot be tolerated by Liberals.

- Otto Count Lambsdorff