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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKMen, 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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKFreedom and independence is my character.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKThose who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKA nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKTo see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
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 ATATURKVictory 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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKIn order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKSovereignty is not given, it is taken.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKSovereignty 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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKPeace at home, peace in the world.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKScience is the most reliable guide in life.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKI 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.
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 ATATURKHe 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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