Humayun Azad - Quotations

Quotations

• "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt."
• "Nothing is more pleasurable than power."
• "I didn't find more than five Bengalies, namely, Professor Abdur Razzaq, Ahmed Sharif, Shawkat Osman, poet Shamsur Rahman and painter Quamrul Hassan who deserved to be interviewed by me".
• "I have never referred Sheikh Mujib as Bangabandhu. I have no idol."
• "Bengali Mussalmans are a bizarre nation. Dictators can spell them with wonders."
• "The sublime constitution of Bangladesh was slaughtered within one hour" (referring to the enactment of the 4th Amendment of the Bangladesh Constitution by the Parliament under the leadership of Sheikh Mujib, on 25 January 1975.
• "Not a single atheist is corrupt, but all religious men are corrupt".
• "President Ershad added many new dimensions to military dictatorship ; He made military dictatorship multi-dimensional".
• “The concept of (Father of the Nation) is objectionable to me (referring to Sheikh Mujib being called the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh established in 1971).