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

Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.

Concepts of well-being for countries, for peoples and for individuals are changing. In such a world, to argue for rules that never change would be to deny the reality found in scientific knowledge and reasoned judgment.

Turkey's true master is the peasant.

No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving.

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.