Origin
The first attributed use in modern times is to Founding Father John Dickinson in his pre-Revolutionary War song “The Liberty Song”, first published in the Boston Gazette in July 1768.
Explanation
The people who join together as a group are much harder to defeat than they would be separately. It 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. If we stay together, then nobody can defeat us. A united group of people can always achieve more things than a single man. That is the reason groups are formed in many fields. In ancient times, man used to live alone. He travelled alone and hunted single- handedly. But soon he realized that if he joined hands with his fellow men, he could face many of the common dangers. Thus villages were formed which, in turn, developed into towns, cities and countries.
Examples
We had better all agree on what we are going to say to the boss before we go in there and say it. United we stand, divided we fall.
The tenants of this building must stand together if they are to make the landlord agree to their demands. United we stand, divided we fall!
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