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

— B. R. Ambedkar

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

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.

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