Ataturk's 11 Memorable Words About Science and Education
Nature Magazine Special
“No matter how strong a nation's army of soldiers, no matter how glorious its victory, if a nation does not have an army of knowledge, it will be the end of victories on the battlefields. For this reason, it is imperative to have a great, perfect army of knowledge as soon as possible.”
“Dünyada her şey için, medeniyet için, hayat için, başarı için, en hakiki mürşit bilimdir, fendir.”
“We will take science and science from wherever it is and put it in the minds of every nation person. There is no registration or condition for science and science.”
“Eğer bir gün benim sözlerim bilimle ters düşerse bilimi seçin.”
“Biz cahil dediğimiz zaman, mektepte okumamış olanları kastetmiyoruz. Kastettiğimiz ilim, hakikati bilmektir. Yoksa okumuş olanlardan en büyük cahiller çıktığı gibi, hiç okumak bilmeyenlerden de hakikati gören gerçek alimler çıkabilir.”
“A nation that does not paint, a nation that does not sculpt, a nation that does not do what technique requires, must admit that that nation has no place in the path of progress.”
“Gençliği yetiştiriniz. Onlara ilim ve irfanın müspet fikirlerini veriniz. Geleceğin aydınlığına onlarla kavuşacaksınız.”
“Hürriyet olmayan bir memlekette ölüm ve çöküş vardır. Her ilerleyişin ve kurtuluşun anası hürriyettir.”
“The national target has been determined. Finding ways to reach it is not difficult. The important thing is to work on those hard roads. It can be said that we do not need anything. We only need one thing badly: to be hardworking. If we examine our societal ills, we cannot discover any other disease that is fundamentally more important than this; this is the disease. So our first job is to treat this disease in a fundamental way. It is to make people hardworking. Wealth and its natural result, well-being and happiness, are the right of the hardworking only.”
“Çalışmak demek, boşuna yorulmak, terlemek değildir. Zamanın gereklerine göre bilim ve teknik ve her türlü uygar buluşlardan azami derecede istifade etmek zorunludur.”
“All progress is the work of the human mind. Bringing the idea to action should be our first job. For once, people can control themselves and think, that's enough! Even if he thinks wrong at first, he can fix this mistake in a short time. Once the idea is put into action, everything gradually settles down and gets better. The free movement of the idea is possible only if the individual has the freedom to freely say and write what he thinks and to take all kinds of initiatives according to his decision.
