“Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.”

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

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.

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.

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

Freedom and independence form my character.

A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.

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.

Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.

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.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.

Freedom and independence is my character.

No country is free unless it is democratic.

It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

The brave men and women of our Armed Forces represent the very best of our great Nation, matched only by the families who walk beside them in their service.