“A huge majority know nothing of the idea or ideal of the nation. We remain without a compass and our society, like a group of lunatics, fights among itself.” TurkTurkicAzerbaijanTuranTurkestanAzerbaijaniAzeri Author:Mehmet Emin Resulzade
“Even if you forget you're a Turk, your enemy will not.” TurkTurkicAzerbaijanTuranTurkestanAzerbaijaniAzeri Author:Ebulfez Elchibey
“It's the symbol of freedom (the gray wolf) for all the Turks. We are all Gray Wolves now, and Elchibey is the leader of a greater Turkic world!” SymbolTurkTurkicAzerbaijanTuranTurkestanAzerbaijaniAzeriElchibeyGray Wolf Author:An Azerbaijani officer
“A flag once raised will never fall!” TurkTurkicAzerbaijanFlagTuranTurkestanAzerbaijaniAzeri Author:Mehmet Emin Resulzade
“Remember we Azeris had barely a single general. But I was the one who got the Russian army out of our country. Remember, I talked in Turkish through a translator to Yeltsin, not in Russian, something that was never done before. Yeltsin once hit his spoon on Akayev's head, but I refused to let them do such things to me.” ArmyRussiaAzerbaijanRussiansAzerbaijaniAzeriYeltsinElchibeyAkayev Author:Ebulfez Elchibey
“I left the door open for Aliyev. I thought, he won't let Russia back in. Remember, Soviet Russia had crushed him and thrown him out.” RussiaSovietAzerbaijanAzerbaijaniAzeriElchibeyAliyev Author:Ebulfez Elchibey
“The Turks have an army that goes back to the Ottoman Empire. Our army is very new. But there's a world of difference already between the early 1990's and now (early 2000). The food and pay, it's all better.” ArmyTurkishTurkTurkicOttomanTurksAzerbaijani Author:An Azerbaijani colonel