“A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society.”

Religion, social status, and property are all sources of power and authority which one man has, to control the liberty of another.

Self-respect is the most vital factor in life.

Freedom of mind is the real freedom.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy.

Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.

The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.

Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.

Religion is for man and not man for religion.

To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties.

Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.

Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.