Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso.

Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso.

The union of lakes--the union of lands--
The union of States none can sever--
The union of read more

The union of lakes--the union of lands--
The union of States none can sever--
The union of hearts--the union of hands--
And the flag of our Union for ever!

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.

Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one
safety.
[Lat., Quo res cunque cadant, read more

Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one
safety.
[Lat., Quo res cunque cadant, unum et commune periculum,
Una salus ambobus erit.]

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.,]

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

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

So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition--
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So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition--
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem;
So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart;
Two of the first, like coats in heraldry,
Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang
separately.

We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang
separately.