"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 Turk…"

"How happy is the one who says 'I am a Turk'."

"To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me."

"The people who lack the power to defend their sovereignty do not deserve to be called a nation."

"The Turkish nation is a nation of nationalism."