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.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURKA man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.
More Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes
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Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.
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After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
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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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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
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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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Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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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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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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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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Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.
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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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Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
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Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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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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