ProverbCommunication
Dutch origin
Dutch originEendracht maakt macht
Meaning: People who stand together are stronger.
Literally: Unity makes power
Example: “Als alle bewoners samen protesteren, moet de gemeente luisteren. Eendracht maakt macht.” — If all the residents protest together, the council has to listen: united we stand, divided we fall.
Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and 5 more languages
English: United we stand, divided we fall
French: L'union fait la force (literally: Unity makes strength)
Spanish: La unión hace la fuerza (literally: Union makes strength)
German: Einigkeit macht stark (literally: Unity makes strong)
Italian: L'unione fa la forza (literally: Union makes strength)
Portuguese: A união faz a força (literally: Union makes strength)
Russian: Один в поле не воин (Odin v pole ne voin) (literally: One man in the field is no army)
Polish: Zgoda buduje, niezgoda rujnuje (literally: Harmony builds, discord ruins)
Arabic: يد الله مع الجماعة (Yad Allāh maʿa al-jamāʿa) (literally: God's hand is with the group)
Turkish: Birlikten kuvvet doğar (literally: Strength is born of unity)
Origin: The Dutch Republic carried the idea in Latin on its coins, Sallust's concordia res parvae crescunt; the Dutch wording became the motto of the Transvaal republic and, later, one of Belgium's.
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