Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.

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.

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

Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.

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

Our true mentor in life is science.

There are two Mustafa Kemals. One the flesh-and-blood Mustafa Kemal who now stands before you and who will pass away. The other is you, all of you here who will go to the far corners of our land to spread the ideals which must be defended with your lives if necessary. I stand for the nation's dreams, and my life's work is to make them come true.