Quotes By Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Lasting peace is sought, it is essential to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses. The welfare of the entire human race must replace hunger and oppression. People of the world must be taught to give up envy, avarice, and rancour.

Turkey's true master is the peasant.

On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, İstanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens.

After having lost their lives on this land they [enemy soldiers] have become our sons as well.

Those who use religion for their own benefit are detestable. We are against such a situation and will not allow it. Those who use religion in such a manner have fooled our people; it is against just such people that we have fought and will continue to fight.

The Turkish nation's character is noble. The Turkish nation is industrious. The Turkish nation is intelligent.

Happy is he who says, 'I am a Turk'.

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

Education is the most important weapon to change the fate of a nation.

Independence means that the Turkish nation will live as an honorable nation. That is the basis for everything.

The happiest ones are those who have a character which would prefer their services to be unknown to all generations.

If you don't have ammunition, you have bayonets! FIX BAYONETS! GET DOWN!

Our life here is truly hellish. Fortunately, my soldiers are very brave and tougher than the enemy.

There is no line of defense, but field of defense. This field is the whole motherland!

Now I have taken Hector's revenge!

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.

We shall make the expansion and rise of Turkish culture in every era the mainstay of the Republic.

Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people.

We must delve into our roots and reconstruct what history has divided.

We have to be successful in national education affairs and we shall be. The liberation of a nation is only achieved through this way.