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Old 10-18-2007, 07:00 PM
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We're still important! We're still important!
The quote is over 100 years old. At the time, Great Britain *was* still important. They would have represented the world's largest economy and would have been the world's leading military power.

Much has changed since then. Two world wars and the loss of Empire came close to bankrupting GB, but they've still managed to play a fairly important role in the world.
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