Ataturk (Mustafa Kemal) — "How happy is the one who says 'I am a Turk'."

"The Turkish woman will be free and equal to men."

"Women’s most important duty is motherhood."

"There are two Mustafa Kemal's. One is the flesh-and-bone Mustafa Kemal who now stands before you and who will pass away. The other is you, all of you here who will go to the far corners of our land to…"

"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."

"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 rea…"