There should be no differentiation amongst the people. All should be treated as equals. On this basis the Brahmin must give up his false prestige. In the interest of the society. I say that the blind beliefs should be given up. If the newspapers Hindu and the Swadesamitran carry on false propaganda that I am communal, I am not responsible for that.
Veeramani, Collected Works of Periyar, p. 518.