To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
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.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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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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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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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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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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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
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It 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.
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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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Concepts 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.
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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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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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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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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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