Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKMy 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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Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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The future is in the skies.
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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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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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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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Science is the most reliable guide in life.
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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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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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The supreme guide in life is knowledge.
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Peace at home, peace in the world.
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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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Our true mentor in life is science.
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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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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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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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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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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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Sovereignty 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.
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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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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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Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
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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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