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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKFreedom and independence form my character.
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A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
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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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Our true mentor in life is science.
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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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Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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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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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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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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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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Freedom and independence form my character.
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The future is in the skies.
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