Freedom and independence form my character.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKNo country is free unless it is democratic.
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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
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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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Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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Peace at home, peace in the world.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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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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You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins.
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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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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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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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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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The future is in the skies.
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Victory is for those who can say “Victory is mine”. Success is for those who can begin saying “I will succeed” and say “I have succeeded” in the end.
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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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A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
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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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Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.
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Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
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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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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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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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