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.

 

 

right, 十根筷子 vs. TheStrawTheCoalThePopbean ;-)

When we are the enemy, we try to divide and conquer,

like Mr. Trask, the schoolmaster in The Scent of A Woman.

watched theFilmLongAgo, liked Frank & PacinoPlayedRole well.

Sure. The villains were not bad, either. Mr. Trask, e.g.,

Mr. Trask is our fearless leader,

A man of learning, a ferocious reader.

He can recite the "Iliad" in ancient Greek,

While fishing trout in a rippling creek.

Endowed with wisdom, of judgment sound,

Yet about him, the questions abound.

How did Mr. Trask make such wonderful deals?

Why did the trustees buy him Jaguar wheels?

He wasn't conniving, he wasn't crass,

He merely puckered his lips, and kissed their *ss!

nice1, thx4share! good&evil exist inAllOfUs, needSelfControl

Hum! Only same kind can flock. United straw&coal&pea fall

Got it, 7 dwarfs then ;-)

到南北朝时，纯汉族都到了南方，北方因五胡乱华，胡汉混居且相杀。隋文帝统一华夏后，不论出身胡汉，全都成汉族，自此完成第一次

民族大融合，united汉族血统丰富起来

北方的鲜卑族，曾有宇文，拓拔，慕容等部族都与汉族united, 这些姓氏也基本都消失了。

Any took popular Han surnames, as Jewish diaspora did in EU?

和“天下合久必分，分久必合”的区别是什么。看过三只公牛的故事

查来的：“北魏将鲜卑姓改为汉姓，西魏北周改回鲜卑姓，杨坚掌权后又改回汉姓”，VeryComplicated!

李世民的祖母，母亲都是鲜卑，皇后长孙氏也是鲜卑拓跋氏出身

北魏是拓跋珪建立的，花木兰的传说是北魏帝拓跋焘征讨柔然的历史，后来拓跋皇帝改姓元，其它拓跋也有改其他单字汉姓

现在很可能已经没有纯汉族-秦汉之前中原汉族-血统了吧？

汉朝算纯汉人的开始到三国后的西晋是纯汉人天下，南北朝东晋衣冠南渡一直保持纯汉人，北方五胡乱华。南方人有纯汉血统的几率高过

北方人

又查了，现在最纯正的古汉族人是两广和福建一代的客家人，客家话是最接近于古代中原普通话，我们现在的普通话应该是

古代北方少数民族的方言，有人说是金人的方言。啊？ 这回彻底地晕了！ ；-）））

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