I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and in wartime. Indeed, if I may say so, if things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a bad Constitution. What we will have to say is that Man was vile.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.

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.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.