First time Quote by Charles River Editors

Turkey has never been colonized, so it remained as an independent nation after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

— Mustafa Akyol

“These countries formally achieved independence ,but they didn't achieve real freedom, since freedom of any kind is primarily spiritual.the independence of a people which…

— Alija Izetbegović

“Being a nation means standing up to your equals, whereas being an empire only means kicking your inferiors.”

— G.K. Chesterton

The Ottoman Empire . . . The rulers in Turkey were fortunately so corrupt that they left people alone pretty much - were mostly…

— Noam Chomsky

“It is a mere truism to say that every nation, whether in America or anywhere else, which desires to maintain its freedom, its independence,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Looking at the reforms, technological advances and modernization efforts made by the Ottoman elite between 1826 and the beginning of World War I, one…

— Charles River Editors

“Akhaia must be a wonderful empire," I said. "I guess that's why little bits of it keep cutting themselves off to become independent.”

— Sarah Tolcser

Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a…

— Orhan Pamuk

Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: independence or death!

— Sukarno

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.

— Aslan Maskhadov

If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The formal granting of independence created a more Manichean system of dependency and exploitation, since for those who practice it, it means power without…

— Kwame