Economist Quotes

205 quotes in this collection

"There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin colour, caste, or religion."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"I am proud of my county, India, for having a constitution that enshrines principles of democracy, socialism, and secularism."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"I am proud of my county, India, for having a constitution that enshrines principles of democracy, socialism, and secularism."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy, educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy, educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill... must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill... must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?"

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?"

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"On the 26th of January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"On the 26th of January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Education is what makes a person fearless, teaches him the lesson of unity, makes him aware of his rights."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Education is what makes a person fearless, teaches him the lesson of unity, makes him aware of his rights."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self too."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self too."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live?"

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live?"

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"There is a Difference Between Merely Living and Living Worthily."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"There is a Difference Between Merely Living and Living Worthily."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Indians today are governed by two different ideologies."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Indians today are governed by two different ideologies."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"If you choose education even when you have nothing, you can go from being a nobody to becoming a person of value."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"If you choose education even when you have nothing, you can go from being a nobody to becoming a person of value."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A great man is not one who has power and money but the one who has knowledge."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A great man is not one who has power and money but the one who has knowledge."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Be confident, never give up, these are the five principles of life."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Be confident, never give up, these are the five principles of life."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"In Hinduism, conscience, reason, and independent thinking have no scope for development."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"In Hinduism, conscience, reason, and independent thinking have no scope for development."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The strength of a society depends upon the presence of points of contact, possibilities of interaction between different groups which exist in it."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The strength of a society depends upon the presence of points of contact, possibilities of interaction between different groups which exist in it."

-- B. R. Ambedkar