Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. Being from a Dalit community, he faced many problems in the society and even in school since childhood.
Baba Saheb Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer, who stood by the side of the Dalit community and campaigned against social discrimination. He was also the first law and justice minister of independent India and was the maker of the Constitution of India.
Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s life is such a wonderful example of struggle and success that is rarely seen elsewhere. Here are Top inspiring precious quotes by Babasaheb Ambedkar
Best Top 10 precious quotes of Ambedkar
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
“The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.”
“If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.”
“Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.”
“Life should be great rather than long.”
“Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.”
“Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.”
“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.”
― B.R. Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste
“Though, I was born a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu”
“Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers,
but by relentless struggle…. Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.”
Top 11 precious quotes of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
“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.”
― Bhim Rao Ambedkar
“I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.”
“I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language.
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.”
“It is not enough to be electors only.
It is necessary to be law-makers;
otherwise those who can be law-makers will be the masters of those who can only be electors.”
“Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.”
“A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society”
“So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.”
“A bitter thing cannot be made sweet.
The taste of anything can be changed.
But poison cannot be changed into nectar.”
“Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.
It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.”
“A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.”
Top 15 Famous precious quotes of Ambedkar
- “They cannot make history who forget history”.
- “Be Educated, Be Organised and Be Agitated”
- “I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity”
- “Life should be great rather than long”.
- “If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.”
- “If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help”.
- “We must stand on our own feet and fight as best as we can for our rights. So carry on your agitation and organize your forces. Power and prestige will come to you through struggle”.
- “The history of India is nothing but a history of a mortal conflict between Buddhism and Brahminism”.
- “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
- “Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.”
- “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.”
- “The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.”
- “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.”
- “A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.”
- “Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.”
Top 8 Long Quotes of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
“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 too.”
― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“Freedom of mind is the real freedom.
A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man.
One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man.
One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead.
Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence.”
― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“In the Hindu religion, one can[not] have freedom of speech. A Hindu must surrender his freedom of speech. He must act according to the Vedas. If the Vedas do not support the actions, instructions must be sought from the Smritis, and if the Smritis fail to provide any such instructions, he must follow in the footsteps of the great men.
He is not supposed to reason. Hence, so long as you are in the Hindu religion, you cannot expect to have freedom of thought”
― B.R. Ambedkar
“On the 26th of January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality.
In politics we will be recognizing the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value.
In our social and economic life, we shall, by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value. How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?
How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life?
If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril. We must remove this contradiction at the earliest possible moment or else those who suffer from inequality will blow up the structure of political democracy which this Assembly has so laboriously built up.”
― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“Why does a human body become deceased?
The reason is that as long as the human body is not free from suffering, mind cannot be happy.
If a man lacks enthusiasm, either his body or mind is in a deceased condition….
Now what saps the enthusiasm in man?
If there is no enthusiasm, life becomes drudgery – a mere burden to be dragged. Nothing can be achieved if there is no enthusiasm.
The main reason for this lack of enthusiasm on the part of a man is that an individual looses the hope of getting an opportunity to elevate himself.
Hopelessness leads to lack of enthusiasm.
The mind in such cases becomes deceased….
When is enthusiasm created?
When one breaths an atmosphere where one is sure of getting the legitimate reward for one’s labor, only then one feels enriched by enthusiasm and inspiration.”
― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“I do not know whether you draw a distinction between principles and rules. But I do… Rules are practical; they are habitual ways of doing things according to prescription. But principles are intellectual; they are useful methods of judging things…
The principle may be wrong, but the act is conscious and responsible. The rule may be right, but the act is mechanical. A religious act may not be a correct act, but must at least be a responsible act.
To permit this responsibility, 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 religion, as it kills the responsibility which is the essence of a truly religious act.”
― B.R. Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste
“Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation.
Equity signifies equality. Rules and regulations, right and righteousness are concerned with equality in value.
If all men are equal, then all men are of the same essence, and the common essence entitles them of the same fundamental rights and equal liberty… In short justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity.”
― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible. The religion of Buddha has the capacity to change according to times, a quality which no other religion can claim to have…
Now what is the basis of Buddhism?
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.”
― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, The Buddha and His Dhamma: A Critical Edition