Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.

Unity without verity is no better than conspiracy.

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 Security Council stresses the importance of inclusiveness, national dialogue and unity as Iraq's political development moves forward.

John Muir, Earth — planet, Universe

[Muir's home address, as inscribed on the inside front cover of his first field journal]

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion