We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live? There are different modes of survival. But all are not equally honorable.

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.

The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.

If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.

For an individual as well as a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily. To fight in a battle and live in glory is one mode. To beat a retreat, to surrender and to live the life of a captive is also a mode of survival.

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.