“You have to be taught to leave us alone. Leave us alone.”
Stirling Silliphant (1918–1996) American screenwriter and film producer
David Zellaby (Martin Stephens), Village of the Damned (speaking to his uncle about himself and the other alien children) (1960).
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2006, State of the Union (January 2006)
“The love that interferes and knows not how to leave alone is a love alien to Nature's ways.”
John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) British writer, lecturer and philosopher
Source: The Meaning of Culture (1929), p. 209
Robert Fisk (1946) English writer and journalist
Source: The Great War for Civilization (2005), Chapter 11: 'Fifty Thousand Miles From Palestine' (page 464)
“Leave us alone, or else expect us in New York and Washington.”
Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) founder of al-Qaeda
2000s, Letter to the American people (2002)
Context: Sixthly, we call upon you to end your support of the corrupt leaders in our countries. Do not interfere in our politics and method of education. Leave us alone, or else expect us in New York and Washington.
“Hannah: Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.”
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker
To the barber, while being shaved by him.
The Great Dictator (1940)
“I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.”
John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
Testimony given before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, Boston, Massachusetts (30 January 1978)
Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist
Source: Communion: The Female Search for Love
