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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKFreedom and independence is my character.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving.
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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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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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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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In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
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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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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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Science is the only true guide in life.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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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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Freedom and independence form my character.
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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
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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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Freedom and independence is my character.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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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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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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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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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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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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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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