Importance of Education
“Educated, Agitate and Organize.”
“I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality, and fraternity.”
“Life should be great rather than long.”
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
“There can be no progress without struggle.”
On Social Justice and Equality
“Untouchability is a stigma on Hinduism.”
“Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.”
“The touch of the untouchable is not polluting, the touch of the Brahmin is not purifying.”
“Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a much more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.”
“Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation. In short, Justice is another name for Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.”
“Equality may be a fiction today, but nonetheless it must be accepted as a guiding principle.”
On Democracy and the Constitution
“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 merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.”
“However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.”
“If I find the Constitution being misused, I will be the first to burn it.”
“Democracy is not merely a form of government; it is a way of life.”
On Self-Respect and Philosophy
“Life should be great rather than long.”
“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.”
“Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise, both will wither and die.”
“A great man is different from an immortal god only in one respect: a great man is the product of his age, while an immortal god is the product of all ages.”
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