One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man.
B. R. AMBEDKARReligion is for man and not man for religion.
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Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.
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A safe army is better than a safe border.
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Religion, 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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Victory is always with economics.
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Life should be great rather than long.
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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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Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.
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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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If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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Learn to live in this world with self-respect.
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Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.
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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
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Self-respect is the most vital factor in life.
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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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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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Caste is a state of mind. It is a disease of mind.
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Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.
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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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Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.
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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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To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties.
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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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For an individual as well as for a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily.
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Freedom of mind is the real freedom.
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Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.
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