APAD: United we stand, divided we fall

United we stand, divided we fall

"United we stand, divided we fall" is a phrase used in many different kinds of mottos, most often to inspire unity and collaboration. Its core concept lies in the collectivist notion that if individual members of a certain group with binding ideals – such as a union, coalition, confederation or alliance – work on their own instead of as a team, they are each doomed to fail and will all be defeated. The phrase is also often referred to with only the words "United we stand".

Historical origin

The phrase has been attributed to the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, both directly in his fable "The Four Oxen and the Lion"and indirectly in "The Bundle of Sticks".

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Use in U.S. history

The first attributed use in modern times is to Founding Father John Dickinson in his pre-Revolutionary War song "The Liberty Song", "Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall!".

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Since 1942, this phrase has been the official English language state motto of Kentucky.

On the Missouri flag, the phrase is also written around the center circle.

 

 

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• right, 十根筷子 vs. TheStrawTheCoalThePopbean ;-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 05:51:06

• Hum! Only same kind can flock. United straw&coal&pea fall -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 13:02:59

• Got it, 7 dwarfs then ;-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 13:22:14

• When we are the enemy, we try to divide and conquer, -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 08:48:54

• like Mr. Trask, the schoolmaster in The Scent of A Woman. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 08:54:47

• watched theFilmLongAgo, liked Frank & PacinoPlayedRole well. -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 09:22:03

• Sure. The villains were not bad, either. Mr. Trask, e.g., -7grizzly- ♂ (529 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 09:46:18

• nice1, thx4share! good&evil exist inAllOfUs, needSelfControl -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 09:56:54

• 到南北朝時，純漢族都到了南方，北方因五胡亂華，胡漢混居且相殺。隋文帝統一華夏後，不論出身胡漢，全都成漢族，自此完成第一次 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 14:11:03

• 民族大融合，united漢族血統豐富起來 -移花接木- ♂ (125 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 14:12:03

• Any took popular Han surnames, as Jewish diaspora did in EU? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 14:21:15

• 查來的：“北魏將鮮卑姓改為漢姓，西魏北周改回鮮卑姓，楊堅掌權後又改回漢姓”，VeryComplicated! -最西邊的島上- ♀ (350 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 15:04:44

• 李世民的祖母，母親都是鮮卑，皇後長孫氏也是鮮卑拓跋氏出身 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 15:13:07

• 現在很可能已經沒有純漢族-秦漢之前中原漢族-血統了吧？ -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 15:20:05

• 漢朝算純漢人的開始到三國後的西晉是純漢人天下，南北朝東晉衣冠南渡一直保持純漢人，北方五胡亂華。南方人有純漢血統的幾率高過 -移花接木- ♂ (18 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 16:22:02

• 又查了，現在最純正的古漢族人是兩廣和福建一代的客家人，客家話是最接近於古代中原普通話，我們現在的普通話應該是 -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 18:21:42

• 古代北方少數民族的方言，有人說是金人的方言。啊？ 這回徹底地暈了！ ；-））） -最西邊的島上- ♀ (454 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 18:23:36

• 北魏是拓跋珪建立的，花木蘭的傳說是北魏帝拓跋燾征討柔然的曆史，後來拓跋皇帝改姓元，其它拓跋也有改其他單字漢姓 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 15:18:09

• 和“天下合久必分，分久必合”的區別是什麽。看過三隻公牛的故事 -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/20/2024 postreply 14:34:38