“Religion, social status, and property are all sources of power and authority which one man has, to control the liberty of another.”

Self-respect is the most vital factor in life.

Freedom of mind is the real freedom.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy.

Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.

The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.

Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.

Religion is for man and not man for religion.

To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties.

Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.

Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

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.

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.