"Those who conquer by the sword are condemned to be defeated by the plough....
No matter how great political and military victories may be,
they must be crowned by economic victories otherwise they cannot be maintained,
but will be extinguished."
    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturk (From an address to the Economic Congress in Izmir, 17 February 1923)
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"There is no such thing as ruling the nation, there is only serving the nation."
    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturk (Address to the National Assembly in December 1921.)
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"We are called nationalists. But we are such a nationalist that we have
respect for all nations who co-operate with us. We recognize all their
national requirements. Our nationalism is not a selfish and arrogant
nationalism."
    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturk (August 1920, from Ataturk's Speeches and Statements,v.I.ibid. Karal p.4)
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"It is only education, science and teachers that can save the nation."
    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturk (From an address to male teachers of Izmir, 14 October 1925)
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Having read the comments on this discussion board,
I am reminded of the cemetary at the Dardenales in Turkey.
It containes both turkish and allied dead and the monument reads:
    "There are no enemies in this graveyard,
    only sons who have fallen valiantly."
    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturk
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" Those heroes that shed their blood and 
lost their lives...! You are now lying in 
the soul of a friendly country, therefore 
rest in peace. There is no differences between 
the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they 
lie side by side here in this country of ours... 

You, the mothers who sent their sons from far away 
countries wipe away your tears. Your sons are now 
lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having 
lost their lives on this land they have become 
our sons as well." 

    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturka (Address made in 1934 in Gallipoli)
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"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."
    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturk
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"As clearly as I see daybreak, I have the vision of the rise of the oppressed
nations to their independence... If lasting peace is sought, it is essential
to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses.
Mankind's well-being should take the place of hunger and oppression...
Citizens of the world should be educated in such a way
that they shall no longer feel envy, avarice and vengefulness."
    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturk
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"The people must be the overseers of the government. If governments'
actions are unsatisfactory, and if people do not object and denounce
them they would be taking part in all the mistakes and guilt....

Today, nations recognize only one sovereignty: sovereignty of the
people. Looking at the details of an administration we would see that all
begins in a village, a community, in other words with persons. People
can be led by any one in the wrong or right direction if they are not
educated. For his/her salvation every person must take his/her future
in his/her own hands. An institution built from bottom to top, from the
foundation to the roof will certainly be strong."

    -- Mustafa Kemal Attaturk (Speech at the Agricultural School in Ankara on December 28, 1920)

