I must do my duty

From the PREFACE of "RANADE, GANDHI AND JINNAH" written by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar which is his address delivered on the 101st Birthday Celebration of Mahadeo Govind Ranade, held on 18th Jan. 1943


"However strong and however filthy be the abuses which the Congress Press chooses to shower on me I must do my duty. I am no worshipper of idols. I believe in breaking them. I insist that if I hate Mr Gandhi and Mr Jinnah-- I dislike them, I do not hate them-- it is because I love India more. That is the true faith of a nationalist. I have hopes that my countrymen will some day learn that the country is greater than the men, that the worship of Mr. Gandhi or Mr. Jinnah and Service to India are two very different things and may even be contradictory of each other."~ Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, 15th March 1943

DBAWS, Vol. 1

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