I googled the phrase. Here's a sampling. Some wierd homeschool/militia/white supremacy sites out there. (The 3 Musketeers one came from a homeschool site.) United we stand, divided we fall. -- George Pope Morris According to John Barlett's "Familiar Quotations," the phrase was part of "The Liberty Song" (1768), written by John Dickinson (1732-1808): Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. "United we stand, divided we fall." -- Aesop, a Greek storyteller who lived from 620 to 560 BC. "United we stand, divided we fall." ...American Proverb This study will help your children grasp the truths of what all the adults were feeling in the aftermath of 9/11 - that we, like Patrick Henry, can say with conviction, "United we stand, divided we fall". remember the 3 Musketeers' motto: "United we stand, divided we fall!" May we all remember the maxim of our illustrious Washington: "United we stand; divided we fall." United we stand, "divided we fall" Mt 12:25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. To quote a dumb ass 70's saying "United we stand, Divided we fall" "United we stand, divided we fall." --Pink Floyd, The Wall Album "From the east coast, to the west cost, gotta gotta gotta go, true sounds of a revolution, gotta gotta gotta go, in our hearts and in our souls, gotta gotta gotta go, united we stand divided we fall, gotta gotta gotta go..." -Agnostic Front Abraham Lincoln said: "United we stand, divided we fall."
