This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKHeroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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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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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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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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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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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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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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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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Science is the most reliable guide in life.
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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
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Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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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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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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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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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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Our true mentor in life is science.
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Freedom and independence form my character.
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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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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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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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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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