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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKTo 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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Science is the most reliable guide in life.
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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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Freedom and independence is my character.
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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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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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Science is the only true guide in life.
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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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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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Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
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You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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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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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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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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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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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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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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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.
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