66 Quotes by B.R. Ambedkar

Pakistan is merely another manifestation of a cultural unit demanding freedom for the growth of its own distinctive culture.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

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

In the fight for swaraj you fight with the whole nation on your side. In this, you have to fight against the whole nation – and that too, your own.

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

Siddharth Gautama rose in his seat and said, “I oppose this resolution. War does not solve any question. Waging war will not serve our purpose. It will sow the seeds of another war. The slayer gets a slayer in his turn; the conqueror gets one who conquers him; a man who despoils is despoiled in his turn.

If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!

Asceticism he found to be useless. It was vain to attempt to escape from the world. There is no escape from the world even for an ascetic. He realised that what is necessary is not escape from the world. What is necessary is to change the world and to make it better.