New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Bhimrao Ambedkar or Babasaheb was an Indian economist, jurist, politician and social reformer who raised his voice against discrimination of untouchables in the Indian society. He was also the chief architect of the Indian constitution and first law minister. Every year his birth anniversary is celebrated in India by organising various events and seminars. On this day, the processions of Ambedkar statues are also carried out by his followers in several parts of India, including Mumbai and Nagpur. On this day, we bring you some inspirational quotes by Bhimrao Ambedkar:
Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
Life should be great rather than long.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.
Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.