While all men are born as equals, to say that Brahmins alone are the highest and all others are low as Pariah (the Untouchables) or Panchama is sheer nonsense. It is roguish to say so. It is a big hoax… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
Man treats woman as his own property and not as being capable of feelings, like himself. The way man treats women is much worse than the way landlords treat servants and the high-caste treat the low-caste. These treat them so… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
While all men are born as equals, to say that Brahmins alone are the highest and all others are low as Pariah (the Untouchables)… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
I want the Brahmins to realize that the Dravidian people today are very much hating those who cunningly cheated them with absurdities. They are… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
Wisdom lies in thinking. The spear-head of thinking is rationalism. — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
The word 'Sudra' which means 'Son of prostitute' should not find a place even in the history hereafter. We will not allow it to… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
Foreigners are sending messages to the planets. We are sending rice and cereals to our dead fore-father through the Brahmins. It is a wise… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
The number of those who do selfless public service and those who serve without expecting any return, should increase. Their sterling qualities should show… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
Capitalists control the machineries. They create difficulties to the workers. Consequently rationalism, which has to lead the way for peaceful life to all, has… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships him is… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
Any opposition not based on rationalism or science or experience will one day or other, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies. — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
Man treats woman as his own property and not as being capable of feelings, like himself. The way man treats women is much worse… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
Because our ladies mostly attend Kalatshepams, (Religious discourses) they have fallen prey to the superstitions, blind beliefs, and immorality by the false and fictituous… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
