"We want to live as a modern, civilized nation."

"We shall take civilization from where it is and place it on a higher level. We shall raise it to the level of the civilized nations."

"[Turkish women] had lived free of the veil for 5,000 years, and had been covered only in the last 600 years."

"The Turkish Republic will be happy, prosperous, powerful and victorious."

"We did not win the war with prayers, but with the blood of our soldiers."