Estonian War of Independence
- Ants Ilus (1901–2006) — Estonia.
- Karl Jaanus (1899–2000) – Last surviving recipient of the Cross of Liberty awarded during the war.
Read more about this topic: Last European Veterans By War
Famous quotes containing the words war and/or independence:
“The dead have been awakened—shall I sleep?
The world’s at war with tyrants—shall I crouch?
The harvest’s ripe—and shall I pause to reap?
I slumber not; the thorn is in my couch;
Each day a trumpet soundeth in mine ear,
Its echo in my heart.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.”
—Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)