" That rich island ," he wrote on 1 December 1881, " the key to the Gulf of Mexico, is, though in the hands of Spain, a part of the American commercial system … If ever ceasing to be Spanish, Cuba must necessarily become American and not fall under any other European domination.

If the King of Spain ever refused in conscience to grant Royal Assent to a Bill a procedure similar to the one that was used in Belgium to handle King Baudouin's objection would not be possible under the current Constitution: in Spain, if the King were ever declared incapable of discharging the royal authority, his powers would not be transferred to the Cabinet pending the parliamentary appointment of a Regency.

If all lines designated by law become extinct, the constitution reserves the right for the Cortes Generales to provide for the succession " in the manner most suitable for Spain ".

This original anthem made no reference to the name of Argentina or an independentist will, and talked instead about Spain being conquered by France in the Peninsular War, the absolutist restauration began by the Council of Regency, and the need to keep the republican freedoms achieved so far in the Americas: " Spain was victim / of the plotting Gaul / because to the tyrants / she bent her neck / If there treachery / has doomed a thousands cities / let sacred freedom and union reign here / Let the father to the sons / be able to say / enjoy rights / that I did not enjoy ".

If he indeed was a relative, this may be the reason Spain allied itself with Claudius II, after the death of Postumus, seemingly without a struggle.

* If now at last we must give up Spain

If Feuchtwanger had been recognized at border crossings in France or Spain, he would have been detained and turned over to the Gestapo.

If the inhabitants would rise against Spain, the Southern Netherlands would be afforded independence on the model of the Cantons of Switzerland, however with the Flemish seacoast, Namur and Thionville annexed by France, and Breda, Geldern and Hulst going to the Republic.

If the Commissioners bring peace it is the happiest thing that can be ; but if they come without it, look for great matters to ensue presently upon it ; for the charge is so great that the King is at, both in Spain and here, in the Low Countries, that is cannot continue long, if he had five times the treasure he hath ... I protest before God, and as my soul shall answer for it, that I think there were never in any place in the world worthier ships than these are, for so many.

Despite his previous pacifist commitment, he resigned from War Resisters ' International, explaining that he was " faced by this fact: If I were in Spain at this moment I should be fighting with the workers against the Fascists forces.

If the VFT project had advanced reasonably quickly, Australia would have been about the sixth country in the world to have high-speed rail, after Germany and Spain.

If the Nationalist forces fighting in Spain did not receive reinforcements, the rebellion could soon fail.

If Queen Elizabeth's " Letter of Peace " had been delivered in time to Spain, there might not have been a war.

If all of us who are not gay were to parade in the streets, we ’ d halt the traffic in every city .” On the subject of gay marriage, legal since 2005 in Spain, she offered these thoughts: " If those people want to live together, dress up like bride and groom and marry, they could have a right to do so, or not, depending on the law of their country, but they should not call this matrimony, because it isn't ”.

If the right of conquest belongs by right to the conquering country, it would be fair for Spain to quit resisting the French and submit to them, by the same principles for which it is expected that the Americans submit themselves to the peoples of Pontevedra.

If the offer ever occurred it came to naught, because he did not want to return to Spain under Franco.

* If the Moors in Spain Had Won ( n. p. d., ), reprinted from If It Had Happened Otherwise, edited by J. C. Squire ( London: Longmans, Green, 1931 )

The English author Robert Payne who knew Toller in Spain and in Paris writes at the end of the entry for May 23rd, 1942 in his Chungking diaries, " Forever China ," that almost Toller's last words to him were: " If ever you read that I committed suicide, I beg you not to believe it.

If the throne of Spain was to succeed to a relative of the king of France, or if the two countries were to be united, the balance of power in Europe might shift in France's favor.

* If the heirs of King Juan Carlos I were to expire, the 1978 Constitution reserves the right for the Cortes Generales to designate the successor branch as may be suitable for Spain.

If both sensors show the same output or the rear O < sub > 2 </ sub > is " switching ", the computer recognizes that the catalytic converter either is not functioning or has been removed, and will operate a malfunction indicator lamp and affect engine performance.

If L is a regular language, then by definition there is a DFA A that recognizes it, with only finitely many states.

If a first-aid provider recognizes internal bleeding the life-saving measure to take is to immediately call for emergency assistance.

If Windows recognizes a problem with a device, it is denoted by a black exclamation point (!

If a citizen of a state with political frontiers is expected to pay allegiance to the government of the state to which he or she belongs and is expected to take arms against aliens who might invade the territory of the state, a world citizen recognizes the entire world as one's state and in principle does not recognize any member of one's own species as an alien to the world community to which oneself belongs.

If the DVD burner recognizes the discs it means that the disc has been tested by the drive manufacturer to achieve the best possible burn using an optimal write strategy.

In recommending the creation of smaller states, Rousseau recognizes the imminent First Partition with the words: " If you wish to reform your government, then, begin by narrowing your frontiers, though perhaps your neighbors intend to do that for you.

If a Church recognizes that another Church, with which it lacks bonds of pastoral governance, shares with it some of the beliefs and essential practices of Christianity, it may speak of " partial communion " between it and the other Church.

If we were creating a wholly new society, we could insist that our social, political, economic and philosophic institutions foster rather than hamper man ; ;

If we cannot stop warfare in our own economic system, how can we expect to abolish it internationally??

If we remove ourselves for a moment from our time and our infatuation with mental disease, isn't there something absurd about a hero in a novel who is defeated by his infantile neurosis??

If our sincerity is granted, and it is granted, the discrepancy can only be explained by the fact that we have come to believe hearsay and legend about ourselves in preference to an understanding gained by earnest self-examination.

If only for this modest masterpiece of military history, Blenheim is likely to be read and reread long after newer interpretations have perhaps altered our picture of the Marlborough wars.

If one finger is raised against the authorities, all our moral power will vanish.

`` If you can firmly make the good knight sure to pleasure our Corporation '', Sturley wrote, `` besides that ordinary allowance for your diet you shall have 20 for recompence ''.

If a broader Atlantic community is to be formed -- and my own judgment is that it lies within the realm of both our needs and our capacity -- a ready nucleus of machinery is at hand in the NATO alliance.

If we break the minister to our bit, we are buying back our own sins.

If we go all gooey over this newest Castro ( until he proves he isn't ) we've got rocks in our heads.

If we grasp this orientation as a key, our national conduct in all of the events here mentioned becomes intelligible.

If it is not enough that all of our internationalist One Worlders are advocating that we join this market, I refer you to an article in the New York Times' magazine section ( Nov. 12, 1961 ), by Mr. Eric Johnston, entitled `` We Must Join The Common Market ''.

If we want to preserve our sovereignty, this is the way to do it ; ;

If there is anything which we can do in the executive branch of the Government to speed up the processes by which we come to decisions on matters on which we must act promptly, that in itself would be a major contribution to the conduct of our affairs.

If we sit here reading editorials and looking at public-opinion polls and other reports that cross our desks, we should realize that this is raw, undigested opinion expressed in the absence of leadership.

If our national interest lies in being able to fight and win a war rather than committing national suicide, then we must take a much more penetrating look at ballistic missiles.

If we could use all the small airfields we have in this country, we could disperse our strategic aircraft by a factor of 10 or more.

If, for some reason such as economy, we are not going to develop aircraft nuclear propulsion with a sense of national urgency, then we should turn our effort to developing jet engines with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 12 or 15 to one.

If our SAC bombers were, today, capable of surviving a surprise missile attack and because of infinite dispersion or long endurance had the capability to strike at Russia again, and again, and again, those bombers would unquestionably assure our military dominance.

If we fail to develop the means to hunt down and destroy the enemy's military force with extreme care and precision, and if war comes in spite of our most ardent desires for peace, our choice of alternatives will be truly frightening.