Canonical Reference: Annihilation of Caste with a Reply to Mahatma Gandhi, p. 57 Verified Source

“Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as the governing principle.”

— Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Architect of Modern India, Jurist & Social Thinker
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Original text in Annihilation of Caste (1936), Section XIV explaining the necessity of democratic equality in governance.