Quote #19

After the war, there was this feeling of no empire no longer : 'All right, come on, Europe, give these countries back. Britain?' 'What?' 'What's that behind your back?' 'Oh, it's India and a number of other countries.' 'Give them back.' 'Oh, all right. This one goes here and that one there. Oh, we need the Falkland Islands : for strategic sheep purposes.'

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