If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.

Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man. One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead. Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

Law and Order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics.