My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKConcepts 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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A man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.
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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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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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Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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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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Freedom and independence form my character.
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Freedom and independence is my character.
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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
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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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Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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I will lead my people by the hand along the road until their feet are sure and they know the way. Then they may choose for themselves and rule themselves. Then my work will be done.
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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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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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