European Nations

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“I can never suppose this country so far lost to all ideas of self-importance as to be willing to grant America independence; if that could ever be adopted I shall despair of this country being ever preserved from a state of inferiority and consequently falling into a very low class among the European States.”
—George III (1738–1820)

“The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come.”
—Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914)