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Letter "B" » B. R. Ambedkar Quotes
«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.»
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
(Politician)
| Keywords:
discontent, required, social justice, social rights, thorough
«The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.»
«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.»
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
(Politician)
| Keywords:
development, drop, identities, identity, independent, joins, ocean, unlike
«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.»
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
(Politician)
| Keywords:
come in, compel, conflict, conflict of interest, divest, divested, economics, ethics, interests, sufficient, vest, vested, vested interest, vests, willingly
«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.»
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
(Politician)
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ceaseless, cipher, cost of living, derives, disgraceful, factor, factor in, recognition, worthily
«Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.»
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
(Politician)
| Keywords:
bettering, devoid, devoid of, die down, disgraceful, enriching, ideals, lay down, mortal, mortal man, resolve, self respect, slaves
«Emerson has said that consistency is a virtue of an ass. No thinking human being can be tied down to a view once expressed in the name of consistency. More important than consistency is responsibility. A responsible person must learn to unlearn what he has learned. A responsible person must have the courage to rethink and change his thoughts. Of course there must be good and sufficient reason for unlearning what he has learned and for recasting his thoughts. There can be no finality in rethinking.»
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
(Politician)
| Keywords:
consistency, Emerson, expressed, finality, recasting, rethink, rethinking, tied, unlearn, unlearning
«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.»
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
(Politician)
| Keywords:
Buddha, Buddhism, carefully, element, flexibility, infallible, inherent, proclaim, teachings, the Buddha
«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.»
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
(Politician)
| Keywords:
compared, courageous, defied, defies, politician, reformer, The Social
«I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.»
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