<P> Patrick Henry used the phrase in his last public speech, given in March 1799, in which he denounced The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions . Clasping his hands and swaying unsteadily, Henry declaimed, "Let us trust God, and our better judgment to set us right hereafter . United we stand, divided we fall . Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs ." At the end of his oration, Henry fell into the arms of bystanders and was carried, almost lifeless, into a nearby tavern . Two months afterward, he died . </P> <P> During his unsuccessful campaign (technically speaking) against Stephen Douglas in 1858, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech centered on the House divided analogy to illustrate the need for a universal decision on slavery across all states . </P> <P> Since 1942, this phrase has been the official non-Latin state motto of Kentucky . The U.S. state of Kentucky's first governor, Isaac Shelby, was particularly fond of the stanza from "The Liberty Song". </P> <P> On the Missouri flag, the phrase is also written around the center circle . </P>

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