

“Study so that you are able to meet arguments of your opponents. Equip your ideology with supporting arguments. If you oppose a prevailing belief, if you criticize a great person who is considered to be an incarnation, you will find that your criticism will be answered by calling you vain and egoist. The reason for this is mental ignorance. Logic and free thinking are the twin qualities that a revolutionary must inevitably possess. To say that Mahatmas, who are great, should not be criticized because they are above criticism and for this reason, whatever they say about politics, religion, economics and ethics is correct and that whatever they say will have to be accepted, whether you believe it or not, reveals a mentality which cannot lead us to progress and is clearly regressive.”
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“Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual

“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.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
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.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual

“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.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual

“In the Hindu religion, one can[not] have freedom of speech. A Hindu must surrender his freedom of speech. He must act according to the Vedas. If the Vedas do not support the actions, instructions must be sought from the Smritis, and if the Smritis fail to provide any such instructions, he must follow in the footsteps of the great men.
He is not supposed to reason. Hence, so long as you are in the Hindu religion, you cannot expect to have freedom of thought”
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He is not supposed to reason. Hence, so long as you are in the Hindu religion, you cannot expect to have freedom of thought”
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