By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

Divide and command, a wise maxim;
Unite and guide, a better.
[Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,
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Divide and command, a wise maxim;
Unite and guide, a better.
[Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,
Verein' und leite! Bess'rer Hort.]

I never use the word "nation" in speaking of the United States.
I always use the word "Union" or read more

I never use the word "nation" in speaking of the United States.
I always use the word "Union" or "Confederacy." We are not a
nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.

If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and read more

If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

Be united--united--united.
[Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.]

Be united--united--united.
[Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.]

Their meetings made December June.
Their every parting was to die.

Their meetings made December June.
Their every parting was to die.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the read more

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.