My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKAfter having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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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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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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Science is the only true guide in life.
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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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Freedom and independence is my character.
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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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Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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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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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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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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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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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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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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