B. R. Ambedkar Quotes on Freedom
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, and the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. This page collects quotes attributed to B. R. Ambedkar on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
As quoted in The Ultimate Book of Quotations by Joseph Demakis, p. 415 -
Attributed to B. R. Ambedkar:
“Educate, agitate, organize.”
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“Religion is for man, not man for religion.”
Why I like Buddhism and how it is useful to the world in its present circumstances", BBC (May 1956). As quoted in "Why Dr. Ambedkar renounced Hinduism? -
“It is an incontrovertible fact that Christianity was not enough to end the slavery of the Negroes in the United States . A civil war was necessary to give the Negro the freedom which was denied to him by the Christians. The dependence of those in charge of Christian endeavour to make the parties move on? A consideration of this question will enable us to understand why Christianity has failed to raise the status of the untouchable convert.”
On Christianity in Essays on Untouchables and Untouchability: Religious .