Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKA nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving.
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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.
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A man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.
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Freedom and independence is my character.
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A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
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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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Science is the only true guide in life.
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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.
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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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The future is in the skies.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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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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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 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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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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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.
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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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On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, İstanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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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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In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
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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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This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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