Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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Peace at home, peace in the world.
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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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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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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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Science is the only true guide in life.
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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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A man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.
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Freedom 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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No 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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Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.
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Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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Our true mentor in life is science.
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