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

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

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

At this auspicious period, the United States came into existence as a Nation; and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

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