Monroe He instigated the "Monroe Doctrine" and coined the phrase "walk softly and carry a big stick"
What Theodore Roosevelt said was not "walk softly but carry a big stick" as is often mis-quoted. He gave his famous quote during a speech in 1903: There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far. Source:mediatinker
Ronald ReaganDue to how scandals never 'stuck' to him and ruined his popularity with the public, much like and egg does not stick to a Teflon pan.
John O'Sullivan said that the US destiny was to end world hunger, free the slaves, to carry a big stick, kill Lee Harvey Oswald, kill the Nazis, carry a big stick, and charity for all.
The phrase ''carrot and the stick'' is used nowadays to characterize a foreign policy by which a nation is to be rewarded with a carrot or punished with a stick, depending on its future behavior.
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A big stick was his recommendation as something to carry to a negotiation.
Theodore Roosevelt used the phrase regarding the diplomatic use of force. It was "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far".
Theodore Roosevelt
I'm pretty sure it's, "Speak softly and carry a big stick;" by Theodore Roosevelt.
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Walk softly, carry a big stick
The actual saying is 'speak softly and carry a big stick' versus 'walk tall and carry a big stick.' The saying is attributed to Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy was 'speak softly and carry a big stick."
"stick" is the missing word.
Roosevelt introduced the Big Stick Diplomacy during 1901. "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick."
Theodore Roosevelt's policy was called Big Stick Policy. Also, known as Big Stick Ideology or Big Stick Diplomacy.The adage in reference:"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"