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If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.
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If God doesn't punish America, He'll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.
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If God exists and we are made in his image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge through what he has communicated to us.
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If God had made a perfect world, it would be a magic trick, not creation, with no meaning or place for us to learn and create. Mankind is not yet ready for a perfect world. We do not know how to appreciate perfection.
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If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
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If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves.
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If Harry Connick Jr. wants to call me and ask me to join his band, that would be fine with me. I'm happy, but if he calls, I would pick up.
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If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.
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If he really thinks there is no distinction between vice and virtue, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
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If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
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If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
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If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
― Richard Buckminster Fuller
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If humans evolved in a tiny area of Africa, they only saw plants and animals within a 100-kilometre radius for a million years. When they began to migrate, there would have been different animals and plants - and potentially a lot of allergy issues.
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
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If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering.
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If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.
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