Turkey's true master is the peasant.

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

Our true mentor in life is science.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.

After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.