We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKUnless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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The future is in the skies.
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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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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.
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Freedom and independence form my character.
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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
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Freedom and independence is my character.
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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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Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
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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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Our true mentor in life is science.
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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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