Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Teaching, People, Democracy

  "Turkey Today" by Grace Ellison, London: Hutchinson, 1928.

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Inspirational, Life, Book

  "Atatürk: The Biography of the founder of Modern Turkey". Book by Andrew Mango, 2002.

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• Nations which don't find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Identity, National Identity, Nations

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• [Turkish women] had lived free of the veil for 5,000 years, and had been covered only in the last 600 years.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Years, Veils, Lasts

  "Ataturk : An Intellectual Biography" by M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, (p. 38), 2011.

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Moon, Wings, Progress

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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

  Hands, Feet, People

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• Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Revolution, Compromise

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Freedom, Humanity, Independence

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Real, Player, Enlightenment

  "Atatürk'ten Düşünceler" by E. Z. Karal, (p. 59), 1969.

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• The future is in the skies.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Sky

  "Modernism and Nation-Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic" by Sibel Bozdoğan, (p. 126), 2001.

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• These left-overs from the former Young Turk Party, who should have been made to account for the millions of our Christian subjects who were ruthlessly driven en masse, from their homes and massacred, have been restive under the Republican rule.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Christian, Party, Home

  Interview in "The Los Angeles Examiner", August 1, 1926.

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• Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Country, Demand, Territory

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• Our true mentor in life is science.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Mentor, Life Is

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• In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Education, Knowledge, Order

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• A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Sacrifice, Doe, Finals

  "Ataturk". Book by M. M. Mousharrafa, p. 130, 1944.

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• Peace at home, peace in the world.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Peace, Home, World

  "Atatürk" by Uluğ İğdemir, (p. 200), 1963.

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• Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Country, Rest In Peace, Lying

  "Embracing the Enemy", www.abc.net.au. April 24, 2005.

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Patriotism, Matter, Violence

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Writing, Humanity, Historical

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• Science is the most reliable guide in life.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Guides

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Change, Country, Reality

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• Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Authority, Reservations, Nations

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• Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Religion, Important, Institutions

  "Kemalizm, Laiklik ve Demokrasi". Book by Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, 1994.

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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.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Struggle, Men, Goal

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• Turkey's true master is the peasant.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Turkeys, Masters, Peasants

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