Famous quotes containing the words free, state and/or troops:
“Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.”
—Nelson Mandela (b. 1918)
“A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
“A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.”
—Aristide Briand (1862–1932)