SOME STATEMENTS OF ATATÜRK

-Happy is he who says, "I am a Turk".

- As they have come, so they will go.

- One day my mortal body will turn to dust, but the Turkish
Republic will stand forever.

- I have been able to teach many things to this nation, but I
haven't been able to teach how to be lackeys.

- Peace at home, peace in the world.

- I am not ordering you to attack; I am ordering you to die.

- Turkey's true master is the peasant.

- Do not be afraid of telling the truth.

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

- The Turkish Republic will be happy, prosperous and victorious.

- A healthy mind in a healthy body.

- Armies, your first goal is the Mediterranean. Forward !

- Our great ideal is to raise our nation to the highest standard
of civilization and prosperity.

- Culture is the foundation of the Turkish Republic.

- Following the military triumph we accomplished by bayonets,
weapons and blood, we shall strive to win victories in such fields
as culture, scholarship, science and economics.

- Victory is for those who can say "Victory is mine". Success is
for those who can begin saying "I will succeed" and say
"I have succeeded" in the end.

- Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

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

- Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.

- Teachers: the new generation will be your devotion.

- Our true mentor in life is science.

- The Turkish Nation consists of the valiant descendants of a
people that has lived independently and has considered
independence the sole condition of existence. 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.

- Our nation has succeeded owing to the unshakable unity it has
shown in its actions and endeavors.

-Turkish Youth, Your first duty is to preserve and to defend Turkish
Independence and the Turkish Republic forever.
-There are two Mustafa Kemals. One the flesh-and-blood 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 spread the ideals which must be defended with your lives if necessary. I stand for the nation's dreams, and my life's work is to make them come true.

-Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people.

-We must liberate our concepts of justice, our laws and legal institutions from the bonds which hold a tight grip on us although they are incompatible with the needs of our century.
-The major challenge facing us is to elevate our national life to the highest level of civilization and prosperity.
-In order to raise our new Turkey to the level that she is worthy of, we must, under all circumstances, attach the highest importance to the national economy.
-The cornerstone of education is an easy system of reading and writing. The key to this is the new Turkish alphabet based on the Latin script.
-Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
-The governments most creative and significant duty is education.
-The governments most creative and significant duty is education
-We shall make the expansion and rise of Turkish culture in every era the mainstay of the Republic.

-Mankind is a single body and each nation a part of that body. We must never say 'What does it matter to me if some part of the world is ailing?' If there is such an illness, we must concern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness.

-Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people.

-The real master of the country is the villager.

-Culture is the foundation of the Turkish Republic." His view of culture encompassed the nation's creative legacy as well as the best values of world civilization. It stressed personal and universal humanism. Culture is a basic element in being a person worthy of humanity," and described Turkey's ideological thrust as " a creation of patriotism blended with a lofty humanist ideal."

-Our nation has crushed the enemy forces. But to achieve independence we must observe the following rule: National sovereignty should be supported by financial independence. The only power that will propel us to this goal is the economy. No matter how mighty they are, political and military victories cannot endure unless they are crowned by economic triumphs.

-We shall emphasize putting our women's secondary and higher education on an equal footing with men.

-I look to the world with an open heart full of pure feelings and friendship.

-Peace is the most effective way for nations to attain prosperity and happiness.

-Turks are the friends of all civilized nations.

-As clearly as I see daybreak, I have the vision of the rise of the oppressed nations to their independence... If lasting peace is sought, it is essential to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses. Mankind's well-being should take the place of hunger and oppression... Citizens of the world should be educated in such a way that they shall no longer feel envy, avarice and vengefulness.

-If war were to break out, nations would rush to join their armed forces and national resources. The swiftest and most effective measure is to establish an international organization which would prove to the aggressor that its aggression cannot pay.

-The new Turkish State is a state of the people and a state by the people.

-We are a nation without classes or special privileges.

-The true owner and master of Turkey is the peasant who is the real producer.

-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.