Quotes by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

About Mustafa Kemal Ataturk:

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname, Atatürk (meaning "Father of the Turks"), was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish parliament.
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Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

No country is free unless it is democratic.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The biggest battle is the war against ignorance.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will, every man can follow his own conscience provided it does not interfere with sane reason ...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Humankind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible for humankind to grow by the improvement of only one part while the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains that the other half can soa...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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 t...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The future is in the skies.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Human kind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible that a mass is improved by the improvement of only one part and the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains and the other half can soa...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Peace at home, peace in the world.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. Yo...

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He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Our true mentor in life is science.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Science is the most reliable guide in life.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Author Bio

  • NameMustafa Kemal Ataturk
  • Descriptionfounder of the Republic of Turkey
  • AliasesAtatürk; Mustafa Kemal Pasha; Gazi Mustafa Kemal; Ulu Önder
  • Born1881
  • DiedNovember 10, 1938
  • CountryTurkey
  • ProfessionPolitician; Officer
  • AwardsLegion Of Honour; Order Of The Medjidie; Order Of St Alexander; Medal Of Independence