Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKWe 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.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
-
-
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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
No country is free unless it is democratic.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
Freedom and independence form my character.
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 -
Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
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 -
This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
The future is in the skies.
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 -
Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK -
Freedom and independence is my character.
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