"The nations whose children are not raised in health and knowledge easily collapse like the buildings with decayed bases."
Marshall Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
(Picture: Courtesy of Dr. Mahfi Eğilmez)
"The main point was that the Turkish nation should live in honour and dignity. Such a condition could only be attained by complete independence. As vital as considerations of wealth and prosperity might be to a nation, if it is deprived of its independence it no longer deserves to be regarded otherwise than as a slave in the eyes of civilised humanity."
Marshall Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
From his "Great Speech"
https://en.ru1lib.org/book/18485204/24c25e"The main point was that the Turkish nation should live in honour and dignity. Such a condition could only be attained by complete independence. As vital as considerations of wealth and prosperity might be to a nation, if it is deprived of its independence it no longer deserves to be regarded ...See more