He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKSovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who … as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired by force and power and violence.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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Concepts of well-being for countries, for peoples and for individuals are changing. In such a world, to argue for rules that never change would be to deny the reality found in scientific knowledge and reasoned judgment.
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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.
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To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to the maker, then it takes on a quality that will confuse humanity.
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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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Peace at home, peace in the world.
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Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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A youth with wings are the assurance of our nation’s future. We must start to work right away and make progress so that; if one day Westerners leave their footprints on the moon, we shall place a Turkish one among those.
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A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
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Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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