This is the new imperialism, and I am against the new imperialism. It is not our job to go throwing our forces around the world and saying 'This is a… - Edward Heath

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This is the new imperialism, and I am against the new imperialism. It is not our job to go throwing our forces around the world and saying 'This is an evil man and so on'.

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About Edward Heath

Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served for 51 years as a Member of Parliament from 1950 to 2001.

Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Moshe Milner (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: Teddy Ted Heath Sir Edward Richard George Heath

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