Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKSovereignty is not given, it is taken.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKNo country is free unless it is democratic.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKA good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKAuthority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKHeroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKIt 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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKTo 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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKWhere there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKNations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKA nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKThis nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKThe supreme guide in life is knowledge.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKIf 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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKReligion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKJustice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKA 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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