Nation Quotes
God, who gave us life, gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.
I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one's own family, or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
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.
I am mortal. I want the nation to get used to freedom before I die.
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.
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.
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.
Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
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.
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