Ataturk (Mustafa Kemal)
Founder of modern Turkey
Sayings by Ataturk (Mustafa Kemal)
A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.
A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.
I do not leave any verses, dogmas, nor any moulded standard principles as moral heritage. My moral heritage is science and reason.
I do not leave any verses, dogmas, nor any moulded standard principles as moral heritage. My moral heritage is science and reason.
We did not win the war with prayers, but with the blood of our soldiers.
We did not win the war with prayers, but with the blood of our soldiers.
This nation has never lived without freedom, cannot and never will. We Turks are a people who, throughout our history, have been the very embodiment of freedom and independence.
This nation has never lived without freedom, cannot and never will. We Turks are a people who, throughout our history, have been the very embodiment of freedom and independence.
Do not be afraid of telling the truth.
Do not be afraid of telling the truth.
Armies, your first goal is the Mediterranean. Forward!
Armies, your first goal is the Mediterranean. Forward!
Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will; every man can follow his own conscience, provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him against the liberty of his fellow-men.
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will; every man can follow his own conscience, provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him against the liberty of his fellow-men.
To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.
I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea.