Quotes from Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

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

There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships him is a barbarian.

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

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

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

Those who still believe the Brahmins should take a serious note of the changing times and start leading an awakened life.

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

Wisdom lies in thinking. The spear-head of thinking is rationalism.

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?

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

There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates god is a scoundrel. He who worships god is a barbarian.