My strength lies not in my name, but in the backing of 1.4 billion Indians and thousands of years of timeless culture and heritage.

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

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

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

I do not want history to record me as someone who has bequeathed to his nation the institution of despotism.

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