30 B. R. Ambedkar Quotes for You to Enjoy

B. R. Ambedkar

Indian Politician

Born: Apr 14, 1891

Died: Dec 6, 1956

Life Man People Political Religion Society

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Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. B. R. Ambedkar

However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good. B. R. Ambedkar

Good Constitution Will Those Bad Implementing Prove However May Who

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life. B. R. Ambedkar

Life Democracy Equality Liberty Political Unless Way Fraternity Lies Principles Does Cannot Which Mean Social Social Democracy Means Base Last

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence. B. R. Ambedkar

Mind Aim Ultimate Cultivation Existence Human Human Existence Should

Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men. B. R. Ambedkar

Attitude Government Democracy Respect Experience Men Living Primarily Merely Towards Fellow Fellow Men Reverence Mode Essentially Form Associated

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved. B. R. Ambedkar

Women Progress Degree Community Achieved Which Measure

Life should be great rather than long. B. R. Ambedkar

Life Great Long Rather Than Should

Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious. B. R. Ambedkar

Man Recognized Bad Must Religious Caste Lead Observe Because Hindus Conduct Same May Gross Inhuman Inhumanity Deeply

That the caste system must be abolished if the Hindu society is to be reconstructed on the basis of equality, goes without saying. Untouchability has its roots in the caste system. They cannot expect the Brahmins to rise in revolt against the caste system. Also we cannot rely upon the non-Brahmins and ask them to fight our battle. B. R. Ambedkar

Saying Fight Battle Equality Society Our We Cannot System Must Abolish Rise Rely Caste Also Hindu Without Expect Revolt Goes Cannot Against Them Ask Roots Basis

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them. B. R. Ambedkar

Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind. B. R. Ambedkar

Mind Down State Physical Object Caste Prevents Wire Like Hindus Line Wall Which Barbed Barbed Wire Notion Bricks Therefore Pulled

What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights. B. R. Ambedkar

Rights Conflict Liberty Other Our System Having Inequality Discrimination Reform Order Which Social Full Social System Fundamental Fundamental Rights Things

Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them. B. R. Ambedkar

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

Law Medicine Sick Must Law And Order Politic Gets Order Body

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act. B. R. Ambedkar

Religion Matter Responsibility Rules Must Religious Only Mainly True Principles Ceases Essence Cannot Which Act Moment

People are not wrong in observing Caste. In my view, what is wrong is their religion, which has inculcated this notion of Caste. If this is correct, then obviously the enemy, you must grapple with is not the people who observe Caste, but the Shastras which teach them this religion of Caste. B. R. Ambedkar

Religion You People Enemy Inculcated Correct Must Caste Observe Wrong Observing Obviously Which Them Then View Teach Notion Who

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society. B. R. Ambedkar

Great Man Society Great Man Eminent He Ready Different Servant

My social philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words: liberty, equality and fraternity. Let no one, however, say that I have borrowed by philosophy from the French Revolution. I have not. My philosophy has roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my Master, the Buddha. B. R. Ambedkar

Religion Science Equality Words Liberty Political Three Master Revolution Philosophy Enshrined Say Fraternity Borrowed No-One Buddha French French Revolution Said However Political Science May Social Them Roots Derived Teachings

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development. B. R. Ambedkar

Thinking Independent Development Hinduism Scope Reason Conscience

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you. B. R. Ambedkar

Freedom You Liberty Law Achieve Long Whatever Provided Avail Social

For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights. B. R. Ambedkar

Justice Rights Political Revolution Conviction Enough Thorough Importance Discontent Social Successful Required Profound Necessity

One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation. B. R. Ambedkar

Difficult Kind Object Vegetarianism Namely Anomaly Call Understand Cow Person Quite Which Explanation Should Flesh Who Why

Religion and slavery are incompatible. B. R. Ambedkar

Religion Incompatible Slavery

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