Quotes

• Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
  • Reference : Dr. 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.
  • Reference : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

• 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.
  • Reference : Dr. 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.
  • Reference : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

• 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.
  • Reference : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

• 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.
  • Reference : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

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

• 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.
  • Reference : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

• 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.
  • Reference : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar