"A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment."

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

"My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will; every man can follow his own conscien…"

"The Turkish nation is a nation that loves civilization."

"Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive. Yet it is also very important to note that religion is a link between Allah and the individual believer. The brokerage o…"