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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKIt 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.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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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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A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.
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In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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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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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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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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A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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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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A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
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Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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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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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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Our true mentor in life is science.
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