Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKIn human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions, and will be purified and perfected by the enlightenment of real science.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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Sovereignty 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.
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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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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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Freedom and independence form my character.
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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
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We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.
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Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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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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Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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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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Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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