A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKIt 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.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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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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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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Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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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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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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This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
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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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To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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The future is in the skies.
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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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Freedom and independence form my character.
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Freedom and independence is my character.
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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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