“Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.”

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

I will lead my people by the hand along the road until their feet are sure and they know the way. Then they may choose for themselves and rule themselves. Then my work will be done.

A man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.

The supreme guide in life is knowledge.

It was when I entered the military preparatory school and put on its uniform, that a feeling of strength came to me, as if I had become master of my own destiny.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.

Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.

Victory is for those who can say “Victory is mine”. Success is for those who can begin saying “I will succeed” and say “I have succeeded” in the end.

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.

Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.

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.

Our true mentor in life is science.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.

If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents may be fully employed.

One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.

The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.