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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.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
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Art Artist Existence Nation
Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
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Blood Friendship Hero Live Lost Peace Yourself
Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
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Country Home Peace World
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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Learning People Principle Superstition Teaching
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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Faith Inspirational Law Life Nation Need
Science is the most reliable guide in life.
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Guide Life Reliable Science
This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
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Death Independence Live Nation
Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.
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Country Demand Nation Right Territory
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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Leadership Myself People Road Way Work
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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Academic Force Power Result Right Rule Violence
Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
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Face Life Murder Nation War
Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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Important Nation Religion Survive
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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Circumstance Daughter Finding Power Son Yourself
Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.
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Identity Myself Nation Prey
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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Concept Country Judgement Knowledge People Reason
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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Destiny Feeling Military Myself Preparatory Strength