Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.
B. R. AMBEDKARFor a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent.
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Self-respect is the most vital factor in life.
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Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.
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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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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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Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence.
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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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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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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Victory is always with economics.
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Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.
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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
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Life should be great rather than long.
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy.
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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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Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.
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Caste is a state of mind. It is a disease of mind.
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I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.
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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent.
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Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.
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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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Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.
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We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
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Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.
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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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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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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict.
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