B. R. Ambedkar Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Inspiring, Law, Long

  Speech delivered to the Bombay Presidency Mahar Conference, www.columbia.edu. May 31, 1936.

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• Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Live Life, Men, Self

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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.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Order, Law, Medicine

  "Words of Freedom: Ideas of a Nation".

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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.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Modern India, Want, Scripture

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• If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Buddhism, Elements, Study

  "The Buddha and His Dhamma". Book by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, 1957.

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• My definition of democracy is - A form and a method of Government whereby revolutionary changes in the social life are brought about without bloodshed. That is the real test. It is perhaps the severest test. But when you are judging the quality of the material you must put it to the severest test.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Real, Government, Judging

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• I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and in wartime. Indeed, if I may say so, if things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a bad Constitution. What we will have to say is that Man was vile.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Country, Strong, Men

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• Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Principles, Fiction, May

  Dr B.R. Ambedkar (2014). “Annihilation of Caste”, p.61, Ssoft Group, INDIA

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• 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, Order, Liberty

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• I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. This is what man wants for a good and happy life. Neither god nor soul can save society.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Soul

  "Why Dr. Ambedkar renounced Hinduism?" by Dr. Ramendra, Department of Philosophy, Patna College, Patna University, www.ambedkar.org.

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• It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one's self-respect. Self-respect is the most vital factor in life. Without it, man is a cipher. To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties. It is out of hard and ceaseless struggle alone that one derives strength, confidence and recognition.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Struggle, Men, Self

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• A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Sweet, Caste System, Poison

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• Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle....goa ts are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Struggle, Rights, Offering

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• The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Names, Humanity, Would Be

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• 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

  Religious, Responsibility, Essence

  "Radical Equality: Ambedkar, Gandhi, and the Risk of Democracy". Book by Aishwary Kumar, 2015.

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• Majorities are of two sorts: (1) communal majority and (2) political majority. A political majority is changeable in its class composition. A political majority grows. A communal majority is born. The admission to a political majority is open. The door to a communal majority is closed. The politics of political majority are free to all to make and unmake. The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Communication, Doors, Class

  "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.

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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.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Country, Men, Class

  Dr B.R. Ambedkar (2014). “Annihilation of Caste”, p.30, Ssoft Group, INDIA

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• A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  People, Ethics, Social

  Dr B.R. Ambedkar (2014). “Annihilation of Caste”, p.128, Ssoft Group, INDIA

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• We must begin by acknowledging that there is a complete absence of two things in Indian Society. One of these is equality. On the social plane we have an India based on the principles of graded inequality, which means elevation for some and degradation for others. On the economic plane we have a society in which there are some who have immense wealth as against many who live in abject poverty.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Mean, Two, Poverty

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• In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Independent, Thinking, Hinduism And Buddhism

  "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.

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• 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

  Successful, Rights, Profound

  "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.

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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.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Motivational, Men, Political

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• 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

  Equality, Two, Political

  "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.

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• For an individual as well as a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily. To fight in a battle and live in glory is one mode. To beat a retreat, to surrender and to live the life of a captive is also a mode of survival.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Inspirational, Life, Fighting

  Dr B.R. Ambedkar (2014). “Annihilation of Caste”, p.77, Ssoft Group, INDIA

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• The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that you cannot develop your personality at all in Hinduism.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  Spiritual, Ideas, Personality

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