...loud thunder but in near silence. President Theodore Roosevelt was fond of quoting the West African proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. You will go far." 4 What is President Roosevelt's lesson? Do you agree or disagree with the lesson? In verse 19:18 God...

...Theodore Roosevelt, national ed.), chapter 12, p. 108 (1926). 629 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,...

...the meaning of the "big stick" in terms of manhood and the proper way to assert the power of a man: "A good many of you are probably acquainted with the...back of the softness there does not lie strength, power."75 Just as a manly man avoided bluster, relying instead on his selfevident masculine strength...

...Americas. [Annual Message to Congress vom 3. 12. 1901.] [2 ...] 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...

...President Roosevelt soon issued, and often repeated, his now famous statement adapted from an African proverb: "Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far." Roosevelt used his "big stick" to push through plans proposed for decades to build a canal through...

...as governor in New York, that Roosevelt told a friend, "I have always been fond of the West African proverb: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick— you will go far."* Roosevelt used it in a response to Tom Platt, the head of the New York State Republican machine. The...

...»Roosevelt to describe the assertion of US dominance as a moral imperative. It was taken from an African proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." Roosevelt first used it when he asked Congress for money to increase US naval preparedness to support...

...William Can/ Sanger, October 8, 1901, Letters A Big Stick I have always been fond of the West African proverb: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If I had not carried the big stick the organization would not have gotten behind me, and if I had yelled...

...called to the proof to be unable to make such boasting good. 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 a pitch of the highest training, a thoroughly...

...1902). 1300 Gov. Roosevelt writes in a letter January 26, "I have always been fond of the West African proverb, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.' " Joseph Pulitzer's New-York World reports on its front page April 4 that the price of block ice will...