The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible.
B. R. AMBEDKARThe teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible.
B. R. AMBEDKARConstitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.
B. R. AMBEDKARSo long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
B. R. AMBEDKARLaw and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
B. R. AMBEDKARIf you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!
B. R. AMBEDKARIt is disgraceful to live at the cost of one’s self-respect.
B. R. AMBEDKARSlavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.
B. R. AMBEDKARPolitical 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.
B. R. AMBEDKARReligion is for man and not man for religion.
B. R. AMBEDKARA 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.
B. R. AMBEDKARFor an individual as well as for a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily.
B. R. AMBEDKARCaste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
B. R. AMBEDKARConstitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it.
B. R. AMBEDKARSelf-respect is the most vital factor in life.
B. R. AMBEDKARHumans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
B. R. AMBEDKARReligion, social status, and property are all sources of power and authority which one man has, to control the liberty of another.
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