B. R. Ambedkar Quotes

1891–1956 India

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 – December 6, 1956), an Indian polymath: jurist, economist, politician, and writer. He pioneered revival of Buddhism in India and inspired the modern Buddhist movement.

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Also known as: Ambedkar, B.R. Ambedkar, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

He has never called the Muslims to account even when they have been guilty of gross crimes against Hindus.

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

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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.

I was born a Hindu but will not die one.

Nothing is infallible. Nothing is binding forever. Everything is Subject to inquiry and examination.

The Brahmins and the Untouchables belong to the same race.

Every progress has its bill of costs and only those who pay for it will have that progress.

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

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Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.

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“The history of India is a history of mortal conflict between Buddhism and Brahmanism.”

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.

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

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If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.

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Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is not fit to rule another country must admit that a class is not fit to rule another class.

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A country is Dar-ul-Islam when it is ruled by Muslims. A country is Dar-ul-Harb when Muslims only reside in it but are not rulers of it.

Pakistan or The Partition of India (1946)

In the first place, it should be admitted that every possible attempt to bring about union between Hindus and Muslims has been made and that all of them have failed.

Pakistan or The Partition of India (1946)

This evidence from the Zenda Avesta as to the meaning of the word Varna leaves no doubt that it originally meant a class holding to a particular faith and it had nothing to do with colour or complexion.

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