What Ambedkar ji said......A Tribute

 “Unfortunately, for the minorities in India, Indian nationalism has developed a new doctrine which may be called the divine right of the majority to rule the minorities to the wishes of the majority. Any claim for the sharing of power by the minority is called communalism while the monopolizing of the whole power by the majority is called nationalism.” - Dr. B.R Ambedkar.

Taken from __Dr Ambedkar and Democracy: An Anthology (2018) by Prof. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr Narender Kumar Publisher: Oxford University Press.( Page number 172).

 “As regards other Political Parties, the Scheduled Caste Federation’s attitude can be easily defined. The Scheduled Caste Federation will not have any alliance with any reactionary Party such as Hindu Mahasabha or the RSS.”

(Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17, Part One, edited by Prof Hari Narke, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai, 2003, pp. 402).

 “Democracy is a form and method of government whereby revolutionary changes in the economic and the social life of the people are brought without a bloodshed”___ Dr. B. R Ambedkar.

Taken from — Dr Ambedkar and Democracy: An Anthology (2018) by Prof. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr Narender Kumar Publisher: Oxford University Press.( Page number 219).

 “If Hindu Raj does become a fact, it will, no doubt, be the greatest calamity for this country. ... Hindu Raj must be prevented at any cost.”

(Pakistan or The Partition of India, 1946, pp. 358. DBAWS, Vol. 8, 1990, 358).

 “Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence”.

 “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”

 “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.”

 “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.”

 “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

 “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

 “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

 “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.” Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual

 “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 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.”

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual

 “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.” Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual

 “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” B.R. Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste