My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKUnless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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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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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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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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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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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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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.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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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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Victory 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.
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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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Peace at home, peace in the world.
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Science is the most reliable guide in life.
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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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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
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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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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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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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The future is in the skies.
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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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Freedom and independence is my character.
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You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins.
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Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
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