Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKOn 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.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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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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The future is in the skies.
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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.
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Freedom and independence form my character.
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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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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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Science is the only true guide in life.
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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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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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This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
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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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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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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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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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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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To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
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Our true mentor in life is science.
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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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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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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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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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Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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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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