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If and nation
If a nation continues
on this path without resistance
, Gini claimed
the nation would enter
a final decadent stage where
the nation would degenerate as noted by decreasing birth rate
, decreasing cultural output
, and the lack
of imperial conquest
.

"(...)
If Russia is tending
to become
a capitalist
nation after
the example
of the Western European countries
, and during
the last years she has been taking
a lot
of trouble
in this direction-she will not succeed without having first transformed
a good part
of her peasants into proletarians ;
and after
that, once taken
to the bosom
of the capitalist regime
, she will experience
its pitiless laws like
other profane peoples
.
If the nation state begins
to disappear
, it may well be
the direct or indirect result
of globalization
and internationalism
.
If the latter option were
to win
, a separate referendum
would be held where Puerto Ricans
would have been given
the option
of being admitted as
a US State "
on equal footing with
the other states ", or becoming
a " sovereign
nation, either fully independent from or
in free association with
the United States
.
If he swore
to cease hostilities against
the nation who held him captive
, he could be repatriated or exchanged but could not serve against his former captors
in a military capacity
.
If counted as
a single
nation state
, the Visegrad Group is
the seventh largest economy
in Europe
and the 15th
in the world
.
If the home nation's military will not cooperate
, or if filming
in the home
nation is too expensive
, another country's may assist
.
If ranked today
, the United Arab Republic
would be
the 25th largest
nation on the planet ( Egypt is 30th
and Syria is 88th ).
If the people
of this
nation wish
to deprive
the states
of their sovereign rights
to determine what is
a fair
and just tax upon corporations doing
a purely local business within their own state boundaries
, there is
a way provided by
the Constitution
to accomplish this purpose
.
If Gamal Abdel Nasser should die
, each
of you shall be Gamal Abdel Nasser ... Gamal Abdel Nasser is
of you
and from you
and he is willing
to sacrifice his life for
the nation.
If new forms
of production are not found
in time
, the nation will go bankrupt
, and internal political pressures will lead
to debt default
, extreme tariffs
, or worse
.

In
the early 1930s
, US President Franklin D
. Roosevelt sent this message
to the World Disarmament Conference: "
If all nations will agree wholly
to eliminate from possession
and use
the weapons which make possible
a successful attack
, defences automatically will become impregnable
and the frontiers
and independence
of every
nation will become secure
.

As Calvino concludes
the alleged
, fictional encyclopedia entry concerning Cimmeria: " In successive territorial divisions between her powerful neighbors
the young
nation was soon erased from
the map ;
the autochthonous population was dispersed ; Cimmerian language
and culture had no development " (
If on a winter's night
a traveller
, pp
. 44 – 45 ).

"
If ( she ) had reacted differently
, that would have been suspect "
and Hearst was "
a rare phenomenon (
in a first world
nation )...
the first
and as far as I know
the only victim
of a political kidnapping
in the United States " were direct quotes from Hearst's autobiography attributed
to the doctor
.
If we are going
to appeal
to force
, if force is
to be
the arbiter
to which we appeal
, it would at least make common sense
to try
to make sure beforehand
that we have got
it, even if you accept
that abysmal logic
, that decadent point
of view
. We are
in fact
in the position today
of having appealed
to force
in the case
of a small
nation, where if
it is appealed
to against us
it will result
in the destruction
of Great Britain
, not only as
a nation, but as an island containing living men
and women
.
If a capitalist country refuses
to be paid for their bought goods
in this way
, it is likely
that a parecon
nation would use money for international trading
, but keep
its unique credit currency for internal purposes
.

Dulles wrote
, "
If we
, as
a professedly Christian
nation, feel morally free
to use atomic energy
in that way
, men elsewhere will accept
that verdict
.

"
If activists were
to achieve their goal
of raising work standards
, it is likely
that the corporation
would no longer have
a profit incentive
to invest
in that nation.
If there are no more Jews
in Europe
, nothing will hold
the unification
of the European
nations ... this sort
of people cannot be integrated
in the social order or into an organized
nation.
If the interest
and capital requirements are too
large, a nation may default
on its debts
, usually
to foreign creditors
.
If someone is ( or is suspected
to be )
a citizen or soldier
of a nation which has signed or abides by
the Fourth Geneva Convention ( see Art
.
If and wished
If William
wished to continue operations for
a year
, why not simply leave
the Negroes undisturbed
and pay them `` as high wages
to remain there as are ever paid
the labor
of persons
of their sex & age
.
If the author
wished, he could apply for
a second 14 ‑ year monopoly grant
, but after
that the work
entered the public domain
, so
it could be used
and built upon by others
.
If the subject still
wished to stop after
all four successive verbal prods
, the experiment was halted
.
If, for instance
the British Prime Minister
wished to dissolve parliament
in order for
a general election
to take place
, the Prime Minister is constitutionally bound
to request permission from
the sovereign
in order
to attain such
a wish
.
If the ancients
wished to refer
to the country more directly
, instead
of Lacedaemon
, they could use
a back-formation from
the adjective: Lacedaemonian country
.
If he
wished to make war
, let him look
to Outremer ;
and to this end
, Gregory endorsed
the sale
to Charles
of the claims
of Maria
of Antioch
on the Kingdom
of Jerusalem
, which had been rejected by
the Haute Cour there
.

Robert Livingston
of New York
, stressing
the importance
of removing
the Stamp Act from
the public debate
, wrote
to his colony's agent
in England
, "
If I really
wished to see America
in a state
of independence I should desire as one
of the most effectual means
to that end
that the stamp act should be enforced
.
If the Unionists
wished to win
the ensuing election
they would have
to show
that they were willing
to compromise
.
If I
wished, I could pay
a visit
to your city every night
.
If they found St
. Moritz attractive
in winter
, he
would invite them
to stay as his guests for as long as
they wished.

Yet
in Du " Cubisme " Jean Metzinger
and Albert Gleizes articulate: "
If we
wished to relate
the space
of the painters
to geometry
, we should have
to refer
it to the non-Euclidian mathematicians ; we should have
to study
, at some length
, certain
of Riemann's theorems
.

"
If a voter
wished to vote
, for example
, Hutchins 1
and Heffernan 2
, they would need
to vote " below
the line " by numbering each
of the 69 candidates
.
If Brigit
wished or predicted something
to occur then
it came
to pass
.
If the applicant or developer
wished to proceed with
a development without compliance with
a condition
, or perhaps with
the condition
in an alternative form
, then an application can be made
to " vary "
the condition concerned – possibly by deleting
it or offering an alternative form
of words
.

One such woman was Marcella
of Rome ( ca
. 335-410
, a widow who became
a monacha
, after she rejected
the proposal
of a Roman consul
, saying: "
If I had
wished to marry
and not
to commit myself
to eternal purity
, I
would search for
a husband
, not heritage
.
If a Chinese monk
wished to travel
to India
and seeks
the ( Buddha's ) teachings
, it will be better for them
to stay here first for
a year or two
, to deepening their knowledge before continued their study
to India
.
If a rich Roman
wished to gain
the favour
of the people
, he might arrange for
a free admission
day in his name
.
If Heaven had
wished to let this cause
of truth perish
, then I
, a future mortal
, should not have got such
a relation
to that cause
.
If the user
wished a file
to be publicly available
, he could send
the identifier
to a " content tracker " service
.
If a user
wished to connect two teleprinters directly without modems ( null modem ) then
they would crosslink
the connections
.
If a player
wished to commit suicide
in the game
, they could do so at any time
.

In Du " Cubisme " Gleizes
and Metzinger wrote: "
If we
wished to relate
the space
of the painters
to geometry
, we should have
to refer
it to the non-Euclidian mathematicians ; we should have
to study
, at some length
, certain
of Riemann's theorems
.

Mustafa Kamil Pasha | Mustafa Kamil
, a Nationalist Leader Famous for coining
the phrase
, "
If I had not been an Egyptian
, I
would have
wished to become one ", 1874 − 1908
.

He was famous for coining
the popular expression
, "
If I had not been an Egyptian
, I
would have
wished to become one
.
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