Religion, social status, and property are all sources of power and authority which one man has, to control the liberty of another.
B. R. AMBEDKARThe politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.
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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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It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one’s self-respect.
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The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.
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Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.
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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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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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If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!
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Freedom of mind is the real freedom.
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Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.
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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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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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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.
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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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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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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
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One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man.
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Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.
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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 relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
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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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Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
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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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