Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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Our true mentor in life is science.
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In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions, and will be purified and perfected by the enlightenment of real science.
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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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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
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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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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
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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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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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Freedom and independence form my character.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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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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The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.
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