Some Quotes by B.R. Ambedkar

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

"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 quote

"The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live. There are different modes of survival. But all are not equally honorable. 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 a 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 quote

"History bears out the proposition that political revolutions have always been preceded by social and religious revolutions. Social reform in India has few friends and many critics."
B. R. Ambedkar quote

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

"Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation. Equity signifies equality. Rules and regulations, right and righteousness are concerned with equality in value. If all men are equal, then all men are of the same essence, and the common essence entitles them of the same fundamental rights and equal liberty... In short justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity."
B. R. Ambedkar quote

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

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

"We want our own people, people who will fight tooth and nail for our interest and secure privilege for the under-privileged; people who will undo the wrongs done to our people ;people who will voice our grievances fearlessly; people who can think, lead and act; people with principles and character. Such people should be sent to the legislatures. We must send such people to Legislatures who will be slaves to none but remain free to their conscience and get our grievances redressed."