“I will not talk of non-intervention, for it is not an English word.”

—  Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

When an MP sought to correct Palmerston when he said &quot;non-interference&quot; instead of &quot;non-intervention&quot; in the House of Commons http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1832/aug/02/germany-protocol-of-the-diet (2 August 1832) <br class="br">1830s

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