Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKThis nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
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The future is in the skies.
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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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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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Freedom and independence is my character.
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To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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Freedom and independence form my character.
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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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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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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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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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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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Our true mentor in life is science.
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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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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.
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Science is the most reliable guide in life.
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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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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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A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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Peace at home, peace in the world.
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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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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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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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A man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.
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