Quotes By Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Peace at home, peace in the world.

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.

Human kind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible that a mass is improved by the improvement of only one part and the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains and the other half can soar into skies?

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

No country is free unless it is democratic.

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.

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.

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

Our true mentor in life is science.

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.

The future is in the skies.

Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.

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

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

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

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

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.