Best Quotes by B. R. Ambedkar (Top 10)

  1. I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
  2. The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
  3. I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
  4. We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
  5. 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.
  6. Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
  7. A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
  8. It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one's self-respect. Self-respect is the most vital factor in life. Without it, man is a cipher. To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties. It is out of hard and ceaseless struggle alone that one derives strength, confidence and recognition.
  9. Life should be great rather than long.
  10. We must begin by acknowledging that there is a complete absence of two things in Indian Society. One of these is equality. On the social plane we have an India based on the principles of graded inequality, which means elevation for some and degradation for others. On the economic plane we have a society in which there are some who have immense wealth as against many who live in abject poverty.

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