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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKConcepts 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.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
-
-
Freedom and independence is my character.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
In 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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
No country is free unless it is democratic.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK






