He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKAuthority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
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Our true mentor in life is 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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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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Freedom and independence is my character.
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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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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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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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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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Freedom and independence form my character.
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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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