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

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

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

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.

We rejoice especially in the prosperity, the stability and the independence of all of the American Republics.

To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.