All for one and one for all

Cultural  

1. All the members of a group support each of the individual members, and the individual members pledge to support the group.

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“All for one and one for all” is best known as the motto of the title characters in the book The Three Musketeers, by the nineteenth-century French author Alexandre Dumas.

Example Sentences

“All about these guys in here and the coaches. Alabama against the world, that’s kind of been our mindset of just making sure its all for one and one for all.”

From Los Angeles Times

"The idea behind it was this all for one and one for all belief – and that's been broken."

From BBC

Host Mike Greenberg responded: “We’re all for one and one for all; if he’s wearing glasses, we’re all wearing glasses,” as he and the rest of the studio crew — Rex Ryan, Alex Smith and Tedy Bruschi — donned eyewear in support of their colleague.

From Los Angeles Times

“We have chosen you, and you have chosen us. All for one, and one for all,” Kristersson said, and he vowed that his country would uphold the values enshrined in NATO’s founding Washington Treaty.

From Seattle Times

If a uniform mentality prevails — all for one and one for all — it’s partly because of the nature of its acrobatic, robust choreography.

From New York Times