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We have no substance to talk about ostensibly terrible Lukashenka's regime. Belarussian people have chosen stability and Lukashenka, so I support their choice. Lithuanian Government shouldn't intrude into Belarussia's affairs.
mindaugas murza— Quoted in Murza supports dictator
I hope I don't intrude?
— Paul Pry, Act I Sc.ii
Those dreams that on the silent night intrude, and with false flitting shapes our minds delude ... are mere productions of the brain. And fools consult interpreters in vain.
jonathan swift— On Dreams (1727)
There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions—a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude.
— Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, Look magazine (March 17, 1959)
There cannot be a greater rudeness, than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse... To which, if there be added, as is usual, a correcting of any mistake, or a contradiction of what has been said, it is a mark of yet greater pride and self-conceitedness, when we thus intrude our selves for teachers, and take upon us either to set another right in his story, or shew the mistakes of his judgement.
john locke— Sec. 145 (Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693))
The cost of appearing with a bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me. Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.
George Will— George Will on This Week, ABC, 27 May 2012 , quoted in Tapper, Jake (27 May 2012), "George Will Calls Donald Trump a ‘Bloviating Ignoramus’", ABC News
I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude.
tibullus— Tibullus, Elegies, Elegy I.
I hope I don't intrude?
— Paul Pry, Act I Sc.ii
How Strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
— Emily Dickinson, Letter to Mrs. J.S. Cooper
