Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKNo matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving.
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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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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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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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Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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A man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.
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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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Freedom and independence is my character.
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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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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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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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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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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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