This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.
Mustafa Kemal AtaturkPeace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.
Mustafa Kemal AtaturkThese left-overs from the former Young Turk Party, who should have been made to account for the millions of our Christian subjects who were ruthlessly driven en masse, from their homes and massacred, have been restive under the Republican rule.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk