"Ah, my brave Arabs! If I could only gather them in from all their desert ways, and arm them properly... But I fear it…"

"The plans of all of the powers have always been entirely selfish as far as Turkey was concerned. For years Russia has…"

"Real Turkish unification is my dearest wish, and any international political arrangement which will leave me a free h…"

"We are taking care of our troops today, hence their loyalty. Formerly a rifle was given to a man and he had to shift …"

"How could a person forget about the plains, the meadows, watered with the blood of our forefathers; abandon those pla…"

"The transformation of the Islamic world into one of revolution, as His Majesty has desired, had been in preparation f…"

"The threat could be eliminated by removing the Armenians from the places where they lived and sending them to other p…"

"If the Russians retreat, they are done."

"You are greatly mistaken. We have this country absolutely under our control. I have no desire to shift the blame onto…"

"How can we furnish bread to the Armenians when we can't get enough for our own people? I know that they are suffering…"