Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it.
B. R. AMBEDKARTo live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties.
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict.
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If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.
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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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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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Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.
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For an individual as well as for a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily.
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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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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
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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.
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Religion is for man and not man for religion.
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Self-respect is the most vital factor in life.
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Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.
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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 sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man.
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