Quotes 2Day
Apr 13
1. "Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence."
2. "I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."
3. "Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle."
4. "Life should be great rather than long."
5. "Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise, both will wither and die."
6. "I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality, and fraternity."
7. "Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government."
8. "The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends."
9. "The only way to bring about the economic and social regeneration of the Scheduled Castes is to promote their education."
10. "The principal objective in the life of a man is knowledge, and not the pursuit of wealth."
11. "I am the bitterest critic of the existing social system, because I know it to the bone."
12. "So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you."
13. "A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society."
14. "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."
15. "I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality, and fraternity."
16. "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."
17. "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."
18. "I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."
19. "Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered."
20. "If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help."
21. "Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience."
22. "Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind."
23. "Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence."
24. "Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class."
25. "Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered."
These quotes encapsulate Dr. Ambedkar's thoughts on education, society, politics, and human rights.
Education Ambedkar Quotes