I Quotes
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“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
Source: On Liberty
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”
“If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.”
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”
“If all meaning were relative, then the meanings of the terms in the proposition "All meaning is relative" would be relative. Therefore the proposition "All meaning is relative" destroys itself. It is nothing but an evasion of reality. That seems a high price to pay, even for the privilege of killing people.”
Source: What We Can't Not Know: A Guide
“If all meanings could be adequately expressed by words, the arts of painting and music would not exist.”
Source: The Later Works of John Dewey, 1925-1953, Volume 10: 1934, Art as Experience
“If all men and women were kept at some useful employment there would be less sorrow and wickedness in the world.”
Source: My own times
“If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?”
“If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?”
“If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people.”
“If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.”
Source: The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century
“If all men are made in God's reflection, then why do some people continue to acknowledge only what is in their part of the mirror? If every man was created equal and in the image of God, then how can any man claim that one race is better than another?”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“If all men are made in Gods reflection, then why do some people continue to acknowledge only what is in their part of the mirror? If every man was created EQUAL and in the image of God, then how can any man claim that one race is better than another?”
“If all men lead mechanical, unpoetical lives, this is the real nihilism, the real undoing of the world.”
Source: Zen and Zen Classics
“If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.”
Source: Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes
“If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?”
Source: The Nail and the Oracle
“If all men were just there would be no need of valor.”
“If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.”
Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“If all men were rich, all men would be poor.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.”
“If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.”
“If all money capital invests in appropriation and none in actual production, then capitalism is not long for this world.”
“If all motivations fail, then this is a good time for citizens to educate themselves on their rights.”
“If all music did was bring the past alive, that would be fine. You can hide away in music and let it recapture memories of things that used to be.
But music is greedy and it wants more of your heart than that. It demands the future, your future. Music wants the rest of your life. So you can't rest easy.
At any moment, a song can come out of nowhere to shake you up, jump-start your emotions, ruin your life.”
“If all my friends jumped off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them. I'd be at the bottom, hoping to catch them.”
Source: The Cotton Malone Series 9-Book Bundle
“If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them. Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.”
“If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest”
“If all my talents and powers were to be taken from me by some unscrutable Providence, and I had my choice of keeping but one, I would unhesitatingly ask for be allowed to keep the Power of Speaking, for through it I would quickly recover all the rest.”
“If all of a sudden someone said, 'You have five more kids,' I'd be totally OK with it.”
“If all of her was not enough for him, then let him have none of her and seek what he needed elsewhere.”
Source: City of Dragons
“If all of human knowledge is like a library that we can borrow from or add to, then when men don't put these kinds of stories [(their abuse from others)] on the shelves, nobody can borrow them--we all miss out.”
“If all of mathematics disappeared, physics would be set back by exactly one week.”
“If all of our sins, bad habits, and poor choices were permanently inked into our skin like tattoos, we would all dress quite modestly.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“If all of the issues that I have worked on were depending on some measure of success, it would be a total failure. I don't anticipate success. We're not asked to be successful, we are only asked to be faithful. I couldn't even tell you what success is.”
“If all of the steps of surrender are present, then a great Rembrandt or Monet will evoke love because the artist is simply there in all his naked humanity.”
“If all of these nuts could just make phone calls it could spread insanity oozing through telephone cables...”
“If all of this were taking place, Musk, then in his mid-fifties, likely would be the richest man in the world and among its most powerful.”
Source: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
“If all of this, all the life of a stream of water, can be nothing but a pile of atoms, how much more is possible?”
Source: The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Desktop Edition Volume I
“If all of time was not possible at once, then premonition would not be possible.”
“If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.”
“If all of us who at some point in history were not considered white
considered ourselves "Other" then
how many white people would there even be?”
“If all of us who love baseball and are doing our jobs, then those who get the game from us will be as proud to be a part of it as we were. And we are. This game is a gift, and I am humbled, very humbled, to accept its greatest honor.”
“If all of us work in accordance with rule of law, if rule of law is implemented, we are all safe, investors are safe, people will be safe.”
“If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of the United States.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961
“If all of your electricity in your lifetime came from nuclear [energy], the waste from that lifetime of electricity would go in a Coke can.”
“If all of your ideas are correct, will there be room to add new information? Can you pour any more liquid into a full cup?”
“If all one gets from prayer is the devastating truth of one's sinfulness, then it is not of God for above all, He brings us grace.”
Source: The Gardens of God
“If all opposition were curtailed, if all maladies were removed, then the primary purposes of the Father's plan would be frustrated.”
“If all other risk factors are normal, and you exercise moderately, your risk of having high CRP is one in 2000, .. A person who is a little overweight, with blood fats and cholesterol a little elevated, maybe with a little bit of high blood pressure -- we didn't used to think that having several of these little risk factors were a big deal. But it is. These little risk factors add up in a way that is worse for you than one big risk factor.”
“If all our children learn to do is read, they will not be literate.”