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

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.

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.

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

Freedom and independence form my character.

A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.

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.

Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.

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.

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.

After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

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

Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.

Freedom and independence is my character.

No country is free unless it is democratic.

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.

Always try to learn from other people’s mistakes, not your own- it is much cheaper that way!

Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

Wish you would learn to love people and use things, and not the other way around.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

The mistakes that hurt the most are the ones that make you learn.