Republic Day 2024: 10 Inspiring Quotes by Dr BR Ambedkar on Law and Social Justice

REPUBLIC DAY 2024: Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, or Dr. Ambedkar, is one of the founding leaders of independent India and one of the most important social reformers in the country. He was born on April 14, 1891, in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. Regardless of facing several challenges, he went on to become one of the most educated South Asians by having higher education degrees in economics and law from institutes like Columbia University and the University of London.

After India’s independence, he served as the chairperson of the constitution drafting committee and later became the first law minister of the independent India. Ambedkar long believed that the spirit of the Indian constitution would only be realised if there were societal reforms and harmony.

10 Inspiring Quotes By Dr Ambedkar On Law And Social Justice

1. A just society is that society in which the ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society.
2. However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
3. Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship.
7. As you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
8. In my opinion, it is only when Hindu society becomes a casteless society that it can hope to have strength enough to defend itself. Without such internal strength, swaraj for Hindus may turn out to be only a step towards slavery.
9. I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress that women have achieved.
10. Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.