levers

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The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed. William O. Douglas

Hate, hunger, and pride make better levers of propaganda than do love or impartiality. Jacques Ellul

For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers. Rudolf Rocker

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. Ambrose Bierce

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. Napoleon Bonaparte

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other. Neil Innes