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Message:: [QUOTE="Fallguy, post: 8309857, member: 84739"]I won't debate that there are many synonyms for "unanimity" and therefore, ones take on the meaning of a phrase in which it is contained. However, I feel that this reference from Wikipedia does the best service to the word and phrase: "Unanimity is agreement by all people in a given situation. Groups may consider unanimous decisions as a sign of social, political or procedural agreement, solidarity, and unity. Unanimity may be assumed explicitly after a unanimous vote or implicitly by a lack of objections. It does not necessarily mean uniformity and can sometimes be the opposite of majority in terms of outcomes."[my added emphasis]. To the extent that the above is applied in interpreting the meaning of "unanimity" and the phrase "UNANIMITY IS THE STRENGTH OF SOCIETY", then I think both the word and phrase are well said; quite the opposite of agreeing to be "assimilated" by a society. Semper Fidelis[/QUOTE]