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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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Live Lost Ourselves Son
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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Academic Force Power Result Right Rule Violence
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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Attack Command Death Man Order Ourselves Place Time
This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
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Death Independence Live Nation
Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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Face Life Murder Nation War
To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
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Freedom and independence is my character.
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Character Freedom Independence
No country is free unless it is democratic.
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Country Democracy
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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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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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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Country Home Peace World
Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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Death Destruction Freedom
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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Enlightenment Human Knowledge Life Purity Reality Religion Science Yourself
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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