The Path of Social Reform

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in "Annihilation of Caste"

    ~"The path of social reform like the path to heaven at any rate in India, is strewn with many difficulties. Social reform in India has few friends and many critics." ~Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Intellectual class from each strata of Society

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in 'Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Ancient India':

     ~A purely intellectual class, free to consider general good and having no interest of a class to consider, such as the one contemplated by Buddha is not to be had anywhere. For the limitations resulting from property on the freedom of intellect of the elite have not been generally realized until very recently. But this want of an intellectual class has been made good in other countries by the fact that in those countries each Strata of Society has its educated class. There is safety, if no definite guidance, in the multiplicity of views expressed by different educated classes drawn from different strata of society. In such a multiplicity of views there is no danger of society being misguided or misdirected by the views of one single educated class drawn from one single strata of society and which is naturally bound to place the interest of its class before the interests of the country.

Be Watchful, Strong, Well Educated, Self Respecting

"Remember that it is not enough that people are numerically in majority. They must be always watchful, strong, well-educated and self-respecting to attain and maintain success."

~Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, 1933

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(Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches; Vol. 17, Part 3)

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Ambition- They alone rise who strive

"You should always cherish some ambition to do something in this world. They alone rise who strive." ~Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

DBAWS, Vol. 17, Part I

Believe in your strength

"Do not believe in fate. Believe in your strength." ~Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 

(Janata Dt. 25 Feb 1933)

DBAWS, Vol. 17, Part III

Hope from Younger Generation

"I am not hopeful of the younger generation which seems to be more pre-disposed to pleasure seeking and not possessing much of idealism and is not likely to produce men of ideals." ~Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

DBAWS, Vol. 17, Part III

Value of the Library

"It is unfortunate that we have not yet realised the value of the library as an institution in the growth and advancement of a society." ~(Dr. B. R. Ambedkar)

DBAWS, Vol. 17, Part I (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, in a letter sent for publication while he was a student of Columbia University in 1916- Bombay Chronicle, 28th March 1916)

We are a Warrior Clan

"Man is mortal. Everyone is to die someday or other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering human life. We are not slaves. We are a warrior clan. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live a life devoid of self-respect without love for the country." ~ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

बहिष्कृत विद्यार्थी व बहिष्कृतांचे भवितव्य

बहिष्कृत विद्यार्थ्यांनी आपले कर्तव्य यथायोग्य पार पाडण्यावर बहिष्कृतांचे भवितव्य अवलंबून आहे.

~ डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर

या देशातून एकवेळ इंग्रज जातील, पण धनिक भांडवलदार...

या देशातून एकवेळ इंग्रज लोक जाऊ शकतील परंतु सर्व गरीब जनतेला नागवून तिचे रक्त शोषण करणारा जळवांसारखा जो धनिक भांडवलवाला वर्ग आहे तो या देशातून जाणारा नाही. तो कॉंग्रेसमध्ये सामील झाला म्हणून त्याची रक्तशोषक वृत्ती नाहीशी होणार नाही. त्याची भरमसाट व्याज घेण्याची आसुरी वासना नष्ट होणार नाही. त्याची गोरगरिबांच्या घरादारावर निखारे ठेवण्याची बुद्धी नाहीशी होणार नाही.

~डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर