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What does it mean?
Unity is necessary for a nation to survive threats and maintain independence.
In plain terms
Stay together if you want your country to stay free.
What can you take from it?
National unity ensures independence.

Where it applies

  • wartime
  • crisis management
  • political movements

Putting it to work

  • building coalitions
  • promoting nationalism
  • resisting division

Questions to consider

  • Is unity always good?
  • How do you keep a nation united?

Another view

Unity can sometimes suppress necessary dissent.

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