In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development. — B. R. Ambedkar Conscience Copy Share Image
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one… — B. R. Ambedkar Class Copy Share Image
That the object of the Brahmins in giving up beef-eating was to snatch away from the Buddhist Bhikshus the supremacy they had… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in one part to other… — B. R. Ambedkar Change Copy Share Image
Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle…goa ts are used for sacrificial… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live? There are different… — B. R. Ambedkar Community Copy Share Image
There is one taboo against meat-eating. It divides Hindus into vegetarians and flesh eaters. There is another taboo which is against beef… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the… — B. R. Ambedkar Alone Copy Share Image
People are not wrong in observing Caste. In my view, what is wrong is their religion, which has inculcated this notion of… — B. R. Ambedkar Caste Copy Share Image
My social philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words: liberty, equality and fraternity. Let no one, however, say that… — B. R. Ambedkar Equality Copy Share Image
My final words of advice to you are educate, agitate and organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side I… — B. R. Ambedkar Advice Copy Share Image
Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in… — B. R. Ambedkar Brave Copy Share Image
I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. This is what man wants for a… — B. R. Ambedkar Buddhism Copy Share Image
Indeed, the Muslims have all the social evils of the Hindus and something more. That something more is the compulsory system of… — B. R. Ambedkar Hinduism Copy Share Image
If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it,… — B. R. Ambedkar Buddhism Copy Share Image
Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of… — B. R. Ambedkar Abolition Copy Share Image
The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of… — B. R. Ambedkar Conviction Copy Share Image
Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same,… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
For an individual as well as a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily. To fight in a… — B. R. Ambedkar Battle Copy Share Image
One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a… — B. R. Ambedkar Democracy Copy Share Image
The Touchables, whether they are vegetarians or flesh-eaters, are united in their objection to eat cow's flesh. As against them stand the… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning… — B. R. Ambedkar Ethics Copy Share Image
The food habits of the different classes of Hindus have been as fixed and stratified as their cults. Just as Hindus can… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules,… — B. R. Ambedkar Essence Copy Share Image
The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is… — B. R. Ambedkar Attitude Copy Share Image
