Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Quotes on the constitution, untouchability, casteism, equality, independence, and Religion.
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar is considered as the father of the Indian constitution and affectionately known as Babasaheb, he was an extraordinary figure in India's history and a prominent social reformer, jurist, economist, and politician. Born on April 14, 1891, in Mhow, MP. He was an extraordinary lawyer, author, and true leader of backward classes. He leads a mission against slavery, untouchability, and poverty. His vision, intellect, and tireless efforts laid the foundation for a more inclusive and just society. This article pays homage to the life, legacy, and thoughts of a very remarkable leader of India who transformed the destiny of millions. Here is a beautiful collection of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Top Quotes that will inspire You To Think Big and Achieve Dreams.
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Quotes
1. " Depressed Classes have had no friend"- Dr. B.R.Ambedkar2. “ A great man must be motivated by the dynamics of a social purpose and must act as the scourge and the scavenger of society” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
3. “ The demand for reservations put forth by the servile classes in India is essentially based upon the same considerations ... advocated by Marx and adopted by Russia” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
4. “Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship."- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
5. “Law can punish a single solitary recalcitrant criminal. It can never operate against a whole body of people who are determined to defy it” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
6. “ Nobody can mistake the difference between a hyphen and a bar. A bar divides but does not link, A hyphen does both. It divides but it also links. In India, the governing classes and the servile classes are divided by a bar. In other countries ..only a hyphen” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
7. “ There is hardly any doubt that Marxist claim that his socialism was inevitable has been completely disproved” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
8. “ Equality will be of no value without fraternity or liberty. It seems that the three can coexist only if one follows the way of the Buddha. Communism can give one but not all.” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
9. “ (Brahmins) defended caste, they defended female child marriage and they defended enforced widowhood—the two great props of the Caste system. They defended the burning of widows, and they defended the social system of graded inequality” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
11. “ In India, the governing class is a close corporation in which nobody, not born in it, is admitted” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
12. “ I agree that hero-worship is demoralizing for the devotee and dangerous to the country.“ - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
13. “ what are the similarities and differences between Buddha and Karl Marx. The differences are about the means. The end is common to both.” Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
14. “ A man is great because he finds a way to save society in its hours of crisis. But what can help him to find the way? He can do so only with the help of intellect. Intellect is the light. Nothing else can be of any avail” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar“
15. A democratic Government can remain democratic only if it is worked by two parties—a party in power and a party in opposition” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
16. “Nothing is, therefore, more important for you to remember than the fact that endogamy is foreign to the people of India. The various Gotras of India are and have been exogamous: so are the other groups with the totemic organization”- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
17. “ It (Hinduism) is a religion which is not intended to establish liberty, equality, and fraternity. It is a gospel which proclaims the worship of the superman— the Brahmin by the rest of the Hindu society” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
18. “ The Hindu ideal of society as prescribed by the Hindu religion has acted as a most demoralizing and degrading influence on Hindu society. It is Nietzschean in its form and essence” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
19. “ Meritorious conduct in Hinduism is concerned with the giving of presents, of good and of honor to the Brahmins. Hindu Ethics is the worship of the superman” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
20." Endogamy is the only characteristic of Caste and when I say Origin of Caste I mean The Origin of the Mechanism for Endogamy” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
21. “ We are fighting for honor. We are getting ready to lead mankind to perfection. For this, we are ready to do any sacrifice necessary.” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
22. “ Buddha established Communism so far as the Sangh was concerned without dictatorship. It may be that it was communism on a very small scale but it was communism without dictatorship a miracle which Lenin failed to do” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
23. “Honor is dear to mankind; profit is not dear. A woman of good qualities and good behavior knows that there is profit in prostitution..... But my depressed-class sisters do not even get ordinary chutney-bhakri. However, they live with dignity. They live piously”- Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
24. “ Power and authority are sometimes bought by kindness, but they can never be begged as alms by an impoverished and defeated “ Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
25. “Being dependent on his money, it is impossible for the Brahmin to exclude the Bania from the position of a governing class... The result is that the governing class in India today is a Brahmin-Bania instead of a Brahmin-Kshatriya combine as it used to be.”- Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
26. “Sati, enforced widowhood and girl marriage are customs that were primarily intended to solve the problem of the surplus man and surplus woman in a caste and to maintain its endogamy” - Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
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