Milletimiz her güçlük ve zorluk karşısında, durmadan ilerlemekte ve yükselmektedi.
Büyük Türk Milletinin bu yoldaki hızını, her vasıtayla arttırmaya çalışmak, bizim hepimizin en kutlu vazifemizdi.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Anaların bugünkü evlâtlarına vereceği terbiye eski devirlerdeki gibi basit değildir. Bugünün anaları için gerekli vasıfları taşıyan evlât yetiştirmek, evlâtlarını bugünkü hayat için faal bir uzuv haline koymak pek çok yüksek vasıflar taşımalarına bağlıdır. Onun için kadınlarımız, hatta erkeklerimizden çok aydın, daha çok feyizli, daha fazla bilgili olmaya mecburdurlar; eğer hakîkaten milletin anası olmak istiyorlarsa.”
ATATÜRK'S ADDRESS TO TURKISH YOUTH
, ATATÜRK'ÜN GENCLİĞE HİTABESİ
Turkish Youth,
Your first duty is to preserve and to defend Turkish Independence and the Turkish Republic forever. This is the very foundation of your existence and your future. This foundation is your most precious treasure. In the future, too, there may be malevolent people at home and abroad, who will wish to deprive you of this treasure.
If some day you are compelled to defend your independence and your Republic, you must not hesitate to weigh the possibilities and circumstances of the situation before doing your duty. These possibilities and circumstances may turn out to be extremely unfavourable.
The enemies conspiring against your independence and your Republic may have behind them a victory unprecedented in the annals of the world. It may be that, by violence and trickery, all the fortresses of your beloved fatherland may be captured, all its shipyards occupied, all its armies dispersed and every corner of the country invaded. And sadder and graver than all these circumstances,those who hold power within the country may be in error, misguided and may even be traitors. Furthermore, they may identify personal interestswith the political designs of the invaders.
The country may be impoverished, ruined and exhausted. Youth of Turkey's future, even in such circumstances it is your duty to save Turkish Independence and the Republic.
You will find the strength you need in your noble blood.
Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk