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We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
Life should be great rather than long.
Religion and slavery are incompatible.
Religion is for man and not man for religion
Learn to live in this world with self-respect.
Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.
I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.
If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.
The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.
Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!
Generally speaking, the Smritikars never care to explain the why and the how of their dogmas.
History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
For an individual as well as for a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily.
The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.
A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar
Law and Order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
Justice has always evoked ideas of Equality, of proportion of compensation. In short, Justice is another name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
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.
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.
Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle....goa ts are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.
If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.
The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live? There are different modes of survival. But all are not equally honorable.
Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. This is what man wants for a good and happy life. Neither god nor soul can save society.
That the object of the Brahmins in giving up beef-eating was to snatch away from the Buddhist Bhikshus the supremacy they had acquired is evidenced by the adoption of vegetarianism by Brahmins.
For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.
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.
Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards our fellow men.
What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights.
The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that you cannot develop your personality at all in 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 and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.
An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in one part to other parts. In an ideal society, there should be many interests consciously communicated and shared.
There is one taboo against meat-eating. It divides Hindus into vegetarians and flesh eaters. There is another taboo which is against beef eating. It divides Hindus into those who eat cow's flesh and those who do not.
Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.