Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Quotes

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It is absurd to quote religion or God or religious doctrines to render the people as lowest castes.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
As long as we give room for domination and the dominators, there will be worries and worried people. Poverty and |pestilence will live eternally in the country

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
As there was no open opposition to Aryanism from the beginning, it grew in stages and made us degraded

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
A male has the right to wander about as he pleases. He has the right to marry any number of girls. This practice has led to prostitution.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Foreigners are sending messages to the planets. We are sending rice and cereals to our dead fore-father through the Brahmins. It is a wise deed?

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
I am accused of ruining the world. What is it I am going to gain by ruining the world? I do not understand what the Brahmin devotees actually feel. Will anyone carry on propaganda to ruin the world? I hope they would soon think with reason.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
If god is the root cause for our degradation destroy that god. If it is religion destroy it. If it is Manu Darma, Gita, or any other Mythology (Purana), burn them to ashes. If it is temple, tank, or festival, boycott them. Finally if it is our politics, come forward to declare it openly.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
By helping the poor, we must be able to remove their poverty. By extending help to one here and one there in the form of providing food will not remove poverty

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Money lending is a horrible profession. If we are to call it otherwise it is lawful plundering.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
When the purpose of clearly exposing the differences between the Aryan and the Tamil culture, civilization, conduct and creed Thirukkural was written. I am of that firm view.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
I have not talked of anything to despise the Brahmins, just because they are born as Brahmins.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Man treats woman as his own property and not as being capable of feelings, like himself. The way man treats women is much worse than the way landlords treat servants and the high-caste treat the low-caste. These treat them so demeaningly only in situations mutually affecting them; but men treat cruelly and as slaves, from their birth till death.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Thirkukkural was written to show a good path to the people to create values in life and to develop a good order in the society.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Village reform is not merely cleaning the roads, constructing schools and worshipping monasteries. It is not mere celebration of festivals.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
There is no use of simply acquiring titles or amassing wealth if one has no self-respect and scientific knowledge.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Because our ladies mostly attend Kalatshepams, (Religious discourses) they have fallen prey to the superstitions, blind beliefs, and immorality by the false and fictituous propaganda of the Brahmins

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
We see morality in speeches and writings. We do not find it in practice. We are having different regulations for the males and the females. Our code of conduct is unfair to women. Child marriage is abolished. If there is right to divorce, right for widows to remarry and if women are now given certain rights, we will not see prostitution in the country. It will gradually disappear.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
I want the Brahmins to realize that the Dravidian people today are very much hating those who cunningly cheated them with absurdities. They are now aware of the particular community making a living by spreading the foolishness. People have begun to hate god, religion, caste, mythologies (puranas) and so on.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
What for is marriage? It is to unite a man and a woman to enjoy a natural life with happiness. It is to find solace after hard work. Most of the people do not realize that marriages are for sharing pleasures of the wedded life.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Capitalists control the machineries. They create difficulties to the workers. Consequently rationalism, which has to lead the way for peaceful life to all, has resulted in causing poverty and worries to the people because of dominating forces

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Those who still believe the Brahmins should take a serious not of the changing times and start leading an awakened life.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
The word 'Sudra' which means 'Son of prostitute' should not find a place even in the history hereafter. We will not allow it to find a place in the dictionary or encycl

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Man is equal to man. There should not be exploitation. One should help the other. No one should harm anybody. Generally there should be no room for grievance or complaint from anybody. Everyone should live and let others to live, with a national spirit.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
When Dravidanadu was a victim to Aryan deceit, Thirukkural was written by a great Dravidian Thiruvalluvar to free the Dravidians.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Marriages should culminate on account of the wishes of the couple. It is their knitting of the hearts that should lead to marriages.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
The number of those who do selfless public service and those who serve without expecting any return, should increase. Their sterling qualities should show the way to the people at large. Their life would be a model to show how man should conduct himself in public life.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
The Brahmins are making you fools in the name of god. He makes you have faith in superstitions. He leads a very comfortable life condemning you as untouchable. He bargains with you to offer prayers to god on your behalf. I strongly condemn this brokerage business and warn you not to believe such Brahmins anymore.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
You cannot expect any rational thought from a religious man. He is like a rocking log in water.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Any opposition not based on rationalism or science or experience will one day or other, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
People are talking high of Thiruvalluvar. But in practice they do not respect his teachings. They act against him and disregard him.

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy