"In our unity lies our strength. This must be our truth and our rallying cry"
About this Quote
The phrasing matters. “Our” is the lever - it recruits the listener into a shared stake, dissolving the distance between leader and led. “Lies” is quiet but deliberate, implying strength is already present, waiting to be accessed, not invented. That subtlety sidesteps despair and turns the audience from petitioners into owners.
Then the hard turn: “This must be our truth and our rallying cry”. “Must” is coercive in the best political sense - an attempt to convert a preference into necessity. By calling unity a “truth”, Mottley frames dissent not just as disagreement but as a flirtation with unreality, a refusal to see what the moment demands. And “rallying cry” signals she’s speaking to more than parliamentary arithmetic; she’s preparing a public mood, a mobilization.
Contextually, Mottley’s leadership has been defined by crises that punish division: climate vulnerability for Caribbean nations, post-pandemic economic strain, and a global order where big powers set terms. The subtext is a warning: internal fracture becomes external leverage. Unity, here, isn’t kumbaya. It’s sovereignty.
Quote Details
| Topic | Team Building |
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| Source | New Year Statement by new Chair of CARICOM, CARICOM, January 1, 2025 |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Mottley, Mia. (2026, February 20). In our unity lies our strength. This must be our truth and our rallying cry. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-our-unity-lies-our-strength-this-must-be-our-185648/
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Mottley, Mia. "In our unity lies our strength. This must be our truth and our rallying cry." FixQuotes. February 20, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-our-unity-lies-our-strength-this-must-be-our-185648/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"In our unity lies our strength. This must be our truth and our rallying cry." FixQuotes, 20 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-our-unity-lies-our-strength-this-must-be-our-185648/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.








