trigger quotes

Whose finger do you want on the trigger?

-Anonymous
  Headline in the Daily Mirror, 21 Sep, reflecting popular mistrust of both Labour and Conservative leadership in the light of the new destructive potential of the atomic bomb.

Whose finger do you want on the trigger?

-Daily Mirror
  Headline, 21 Sep, referring to the atom bomb.

Are we so sure that with15 representatives†inacting under the unanimity rule, the deterrent would continue to deter? There may be one finger on the trigger, but there will be15 fingers on the safety catch.

-Stockton
NATO, 1960  House of Commons, 30 May.

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