Vol. 17, Part III · pages 11–15

“Positively, my Social Philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words : Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Let no one, however, say that I have borrowed my philosophy from the FrenchRevolution. I have not. My philosophy has roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my Master, the Buddha. In his philosophy, liberty and equality had a place ; but he added that unlimited liberty destroyed equality, and absolute equality left no room for liberty. In His Philosophy, law had a place only as a safeguard against the breaches of liberty and equality ; but He did not believe that law can be a guarantee for breaches of liberty or equality. He gave the highest place to fraternity as the only real safeguard against the denial of liberty or equality or fraternity which was another name for brotherhood or humanity, which was again another name for religion”.—(P. No. 503) —Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR WRITINGS AND SPEECHES VOL. 17 PART THREE DR. B . R. AMBEDKAR AND HIS EGALITARIAN REVOLUTION PART THREE SPEECHES