Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti 2022 Quotes, Messages: “Life should be great rather than long,” said Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.
A politician, economist, and jurist, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar was instrumental in drafting the Constitution of the country and was also a vociferous advocate of women’s rights and equality. Honouring him, every year his birthday anniversary is observed as Ambedkar Jayanti in the country.
Born on April 14, 1891, Dr Ambedkar was a student at Bombay University, followed by Columbia University, USA, and London School of economics. He was the first law minister of Independent India. Owing to his role in framing the Indian constitution, he is also known as the Father of the Indian Constitution.
He was posthumously awarded India’s highest civilian honor, the ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1990. Dr. Ambedkar’s life and thoughts still inspire millions of people today. On his birthday, therefore, we bring you some powerful quotes and messages. Let his ideas live on.
*“Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise, both will wither and die.”
*”A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.”
* “Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny and a reformer, who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government.”
*“History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.”
*“I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty. Whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture, or out of our language.”
*”I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.”
*“It is not enough to be electors only. It is necessary to be law-makers; otherwise those who can be law-makers will be the masters of those who can only be electors.”
*“Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.”
*”Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards our fellow men.”
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