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  • QUOTATIONS FROM MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK:

    --The Grand National Assembly of Turkey has assumed both the legislative and executive powers.(1921).

    --Liberty and independence are my character.(1921).

    --I have nothing to say to those who are against me. Let them be. But I cannot stand the hypocrisy of those who are my antagonists and yet try and present themselves to the people who love me, as if they are with me.(1923).

    --Sovereignty is vested with the nation unconditionally and without any reservation.(1923).

    ---To me, the dictator is he who makes others succumb to his will. I would like to rule not by breaking hearts but rather by winning them.(1935).

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    source= The Economist Dictionary of Political Biography, (editor: Jane Carroll, 1991). VYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS (born in 1932): Lithuanian supreme council chairman (de facto president) and nationalist leader. Born in 1932, Landsbergis pursued a career as a music professor, specializing in Lithuanian music. He became actively involved in politics in 1988, when the founding congress of the nationalist Popular Front (Sajudis) elected him chairman of its ruling council. After Sajudis-backed candidates scored a landslide victory in early 1990 elections, Lithuania’s parliament elected Landsbergis as president.