“You'll lose.”

— Edward Heath

His full response supposedly made to Margaret Thatcher when she informed him she would be standing against him for the Conservative leadership in 1975. Attributed to him in his Daily Telegraph obituary http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1494246/Sir-Edward-Heath.html (18 July 2005), although disputed by Heath's autobiography.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–1974) 1916–2005

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