"Establishing a nation-state is the expression of a nation's respect for its history and its trust in the future. A nation state cannot be like a tree which has been brought from a different country and climate and re-planted and which does not flourish but dies because it is unable to adapt to the new climate. On the contrary, it must be born and bred in the soil of this land, rooted deeply in it, and stretching up into its sky. It is certain that imitation does not yield positive results in any field, and the dangers of imitation for the interests, benefit and the future of the people and nation are of an enormous scale and dimension." - Saparmurat Turkmenbashy "Ruhnama"