Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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
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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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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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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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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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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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Science is the most reliable guide in life.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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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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In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
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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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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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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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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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