
1960s, Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965)
The New York Times (1960), as cited in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio, p. 156
1960s, Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965)
Source: Tatiana and Alexander
1960s, I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)
"We Will All Go Together When We Go"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)
“If we live together, together we must decide.”
Start of an speech in the Congress of Deputies against Ibarretxe's plan. February 1st, 2005
As President, 2005
“We will all go down together—that's what makes us who we are.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 24
Context: Come back and stand with us, lad. We will all go down together— that's what makes us who we are.
Goodnight Saigon
Song lyrics, The Nylon Curtain (1982)
“We have to keep the families together, but they have to go. What if they have no place to go?”
During the Iowa State Fair (2015 August 15)
2010s, 2015
2010s, Hard Truths: Law Enforcement (2015)
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), 2016 Democratic National Convention (July 28, 2016)
Context: My friends, we've come to Philadelphia – the birthplace of our nation – because what happened in this city 240 years ago still has something to teach us today. We all know the story. But we usually focus on how it turned out - and not enough on how close that story came to never being written at all. When representatives from 13 unruly colonies met just down the road from here, some wanted to stick with the King. Some wanted to stick it to the king, and go their own way. The revolution hung in the balance. Then somehow they began listening to each other … compromising … finding common purpose. And by the time they left Philadelphia, they had begun to see themselves as one nation. That's what made it possible to stand up to a King. That took courage. They had courage. Our Founders embraced the enduring truth that we are stronger together. America is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying. And just as with our founders, there are no guarantees. It truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we all will work together so we all can rise together.