Ataturk Quotes

“The greatest hero for a country is the person who gave a progressive vision, a peaceful soul, a modern mind and an unshakable belief in science to his nation. And for the Turks, this honorable name is Atatürk, an immortal revolutionist!”

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

“The desired modernization and rationalisation of Turkey will never be realised till the day the Modern Turks of Atatürk come to power because only modern and rational minds can create a modern and a rational country!”

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

“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.”

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

“The biggest battle is the war against ignorance.”

“The future is in the skies.”

“Peace at home, peace in the world.”

“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.”