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.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

In union there is strength.

In union there is strength.

The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.

The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are
united in their objects and wishes.
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There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are
united in their objects and wishes.
[Lat., Neque est ullum certius amicitiae vinculum, quam consensus
et societas consiliorum et voluntatum.,]