Abraham Lincoln President said a house divided against itself cannot stand.
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Lincoln stated a house divide can't stand which means if America was divided she would have been vaunerable and weak against outside attacks
Q: What could the d in squad stand for?Question is not clear. Do you mean was there a "Squad D"?AnswerAn US Infantry Regiment was divided into 3 battalions, each containing 4 Companies. These 12 companies were labeled by Letters: Company A, Company B...Company D was the fourth company and would be in the 1st Battalion. The 4th company of each battalion was a Heavy Weapons Company, meaning they were armed not with rifles & light machine guns BUT with mortars, and heavy .50 caliber machine guns.An infantry company is divided into Platoons and these were divided into Squads. There was no such thing as a "Squad D".
The 13 stars stand for the 13 colonies
He was making a reference to the 12 states that left the union. Hence "a house divided" and he meant that if it stayed that way the nation couldn't stay a nation.
His reference is to the states that had left the union . He felt that he couldn't allow them to leave.
His reference is to the states that had left the union . He felt that he couldn't allow them to leave.
Abraham Lincoln President said a house divided against itself cannot stand.
At various times in American history the States wanted to separate or didn't want to unify. This phrase is to say the States are an inseparable unit forming the federal government.One nation indivisible refers to the nation that could not legally be divided. This was Lincolns feeling on the young nation. That a house divided could not stand.
The original quote is from the Gospel of St. Mark: "If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand." It was borrowed by Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address.
the north got into the civil war with the south not just for the cause of abolishing slavery but mostly to keep the nation together. president Lincoln knew that "a divided nation cannot stand" and was not reluctant to get into the war after the south attacked fort Sumter
He wasn't talking about war, he was talking about the slaves. It was a a bible quote. And Jesus knew their [the Pharisees'] thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand." He was saying a nation can't be half in slavery and half free.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
Abraham Lincoln
Where the 13 colonies were united as one nation instead of thirteen divided entities. It was a "united we stand, divided we fall" mentality.