Economist Quotes

205 quotes in this collection

"So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Caste System is not merely a division of labour, it is a division of labourers."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"I do not want our loyalty as Indians should be affected by competitive loyalty."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"An ideal society should be mobile, full of channels for conveying change."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The teachings of Buddha are eternal."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"They cannot make history who forget history."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Thought is the basis of action."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"History shows that ethics and economics come into conflict, victory is with economics."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"A safe army is better than a safe border."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"We must stand on our own feet and fight for our rights."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Social democracy means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Every man who repeats the dogmas of his religion is not a spiritual man."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"The sovereignty of scriptures must come to an end for a united India."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Character is more important than education."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Religion is for man and not man for religion."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Rights are protected not by law but by the social and moral conscience of society."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Lost rights are never regained by appeals to conscience, but by relentless struggle."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends."

-- B. R. Ambedkar

"Law and order are the medicine of the body politic."

-- B. R. Ambedkar
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