Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Quotes

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 or bid him act against the liberty of his fellow men.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Science is the most reliable guide in life.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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 soar into skies?

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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 Atatürk

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 soar into skies?

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

The future is in the skies.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

The biggest battle is the war against ignorance.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

The necessary thing for anyone to be happy and contented as long as he lives is working for the ones who will come after him rather than working for himself... One can reach the true delight and happiness in the life only by working for the existence, honor, and happiness of the future generations.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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 Atatürk

I have a characteristic since my childhood. I don't like living together with my mother, sister, or friends at my home. I have always preferred to be alone and independent and lived according to that.

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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

~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk