Who came up with the phrase, "United we stand, divided we fall"?
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It wasn't Lincoln who coined this phrase. The first person to use the pharse was Aesop in his tale "The Four Oxen and the Lion" In this story the oxen would defend themselves against attacks from the lion by standing tail to tail in a circle so that the lion would meet only horns when attacking them. Eventually, the oxen got into a fight and separated. This left the lion a chance to atttack them all and eat them. The moral of the story was "united We stand, divided we fall" \n\nYes, abe Lincoln did use it later on and that perhaps is how it became popluar in America. Patrick henry also used this phrase in his last speech before his death in 1799. He was upset over the possible division of Virginia's house of Representatives.
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i believe you are missing a couple of words in the phrase\nvirtus junxit inseparabit.\n\ni think it should be virtus junxit mors non seperabit. this means \n'What Virtue Has Joined Together Death Shall Not Separate'.
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A common American idiom is ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT. This idiom reminds us that patience will be rewarded, and will help you achieve your goals. An American might say, 'Settle down and be patient, John. Remember, all good things come to those who wait.' This saying originated with the French, and has been traced back to the early 1500's. In the United States, this idiom was made popular by the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem, The Student's Tale
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The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, America's first Republican president.\n\n\nFour score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. \n\nNow we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. \n\nBut, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, shall not perish from the earth.
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Unknown author\nFor those who manned the battle line the bugle whispers low--- and Freedom has a taste and price the protected never know..\nIt's not from "Song Of Myself"-\nby Walt Whitman\nFrom the book "Leaves of Grass"
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Martin Luther King JR\n\n\n"Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.\n\nAnd so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.\n\nI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."\n..............................................\nI have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. \n..................................................\nI have a dream today!\n..........................................\nThis is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.\n\nWith this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.\n\nAnd this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:\n\nMy country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. \n\nLand where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, \n\nFrom every mountainside, let freedom ring! \n\nAnd if America is to be a great nation, this must become true."\n..............
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"I pledge allegiance"\n(I promise to be true)\n\n"to the flag"\n(to the symbol of our country) \n\n"of the United States of America"\n(each state that has joined to make our country) \n\n"and to the Republic"\n(a republic is a country where the people choose others to make laws for them -- the government is for the people)\n\n"for which it stands,"\n(the flag means the country) \n\n"one Nation"\n(a single country)\n\n"under God,"\n(the people believe in a supreme being) \n\n"indivisible,"\n(the country cannot be split into parts)\n\n"with liberty and justice"\n(with freedom and fairness)\n\n"for all." \n(for each person in the country...you and me!)\n\nThe pledge says you are promising to be true to the United States of America!
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Interesting. Where did you find the quote?
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Thomas Jefferson -\n" Those who would give up Freedom for Safety\nDeserve neither Safety or Freedom."\n\n\nseems clear enough
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From the King James Verson in Matthew 15:14\n\n"Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."\n\nIn the Webster version the quote is:\n\n"Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leadeth the blind, both will fall into the ditch."
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Not sure what that means or how we stand divided.
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Another way of putting that would be \n"birds of a feather flock together" \nI think that basically says the same thing, don't you?
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Various people have used this quote.  It is generally attributed to either Robert Kennedy or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I like: The world is divided into the righteous and the not righteous and the righteous do the dividing.\n\nI hate: What's up with that?
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George Washington said "“The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion”\n\nI've never heard the quote you talk about. That being said, we have a "Christian" in office now, and look at the condition our country is in. I use the quote around "Christian" because I believe he is a false Christian. The last true Christian we had in office was Jimmy Carter, who is a great person, but a poor leader. True Christians do not have the pride, greed, or lust to be President.\n\nThe seperation of Church and State is not in the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence, wrote of a "wall of seperation between church and state" in a letter to the Danbury Baptists. The Constitution states government shall "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
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theonlybeldin\nI love your answer, it's about time someone said it.
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Try this. I heard it really kills!\n\nFour score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.\n\nNow we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.\n\nBut, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate–we can not consecrate–we can not hallow–this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us–that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion–that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain–that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom–and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.