Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
We are all in this together, by ourselves.
—Lily Tomlin (b.1939) American Comedy Actress
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
—Virgil (70–19 BCE) Roman Poet
Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
—Daniel Webster (1782–1852) American Statesman, Lawyer
We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.
—Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–73) American Head of State, Political leader
Honest differences of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy-making among free men.
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) 31st American President
Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose, but their chains. .Workers of the world unite!
—Karl Marx (1818–1883) German Philosopher, Economist
I don’t know what is truth,
but I can tell you how to find it!
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) Swiss-born French Philosopher
We are already one and we imagine we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. Whatever we have to be is what we are.
—Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk
In union, there is strength.
—Aesop (620–564 BCE) Greek Fabulist
Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man’s world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth. For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. One in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth.
—Richard Nixon (1913–94) American Head of State, Lawyer
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aarons beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
—Baha’u’llah (1817–92) Founder of the Islamic Baha’i Movement
Include me out.
—Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974) Polish-born American Film Producer, Businessperson
Necessity unites.
—German Proverb
What a quality of innocence people have when they don’t expect to be harmed.
—Hanif Kureishi (b.1954) British Screenwriter, Novelist
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Not vain the weakest, if their force unite.
—Homer (751–651 BCE) Ancient Greek Poet
I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian Novelist
The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.
—Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Austrian Psychiatrist
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
—Buddhist Teaching
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
—African Proverb
Behold they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Even the weak become strong when they are united.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
Damn your principals. Stick to your Party!
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you’re sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.
—Joseph Campbell (1904–87) American Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer
One country, one constitution, one destiny.
—Daniel Webster (1782–1852) American Statesman, Lawyer
Whatever disunites man from God disunites man from man.
—Edmund Burke (1729–97) British Philosopher, Statesman
Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic