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

— B.R. Ambedkar · Courage quote

Social reformer · 1891 – 1956

Indian jurist and social reformer who chaired the drafting of India's Constitution and campaigned against caste discrimination.

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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

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

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

Be educated, be organised and be agitated.

Life should be great rather than long.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.