I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
B. R. AMBEDKARIf you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!
More B. R. Ambedkar Quotes
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Justice has always evoked ideas of Equality, of proportion of compensation. In short, Justice is another name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
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I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.
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Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.
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Self-respect is the most vital factor in life.
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Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
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Freedom of mind is the real freedom.
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict.
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy.
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The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible.
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The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.
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Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
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Religion is for man and not man for religion.
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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.
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It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one’s self-respect.
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To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties.
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it.
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A safe army is better than a safe border.
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.
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Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.
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We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
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Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.
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Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.
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