“The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.”

Justice has always evoked ideas of Equality, of proportion of compensation. In short, Justice is another name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict.

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.

Life should be great rather than long.

It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one’s self-respect.

I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

We need a president who listens to someone other than himself.

Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.

No one’s going to take our democracy away from us. Not now. Not ever.

If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don’t think there’s anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.

How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

Let me be clear – every American’s vote matters and deserves to be counted.

To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships.