A Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt
American - President
October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919

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.

Theodore Roosevelt

I really believe that actually Ahmadinejad undermines Iran far more than he enhances Iran's status. And I think we have to go back to what FDR said, you know, speak softly and carry a big stick. I think Iran under Ahmadinejad, they speak loudly and carry a small stick.

Karim Sadjadpour

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

Gerald R. Ford

Walk softly and carry a big stick. Or stomp loudly and carry enough firepower to start a small war. Whatever worked

Faith Hunter

My hero is a guy named Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt used to say, walk softly, talk softly but carry a big stick.

John McCain

Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.

Banksy

Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.

Isaac Watts

If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.

Theodore Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick; Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a big shtick.

Michael R. Burch

I'm going to stay respectful. The team comes first. I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize them or myself, so I'll just make sure I speak lightly and carry a big stick.

Myles Garrett

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

Bella Abzug

It's really difficult to have your voice heard and feared when you both speak softly and carry a twig.

Fareed Zakaria

On foreign policy, Obama has talked softly and carried a big stick.

George Packer

Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them -- and then they leap.

Yann Martel

On the blue summer evenings, I will go along the paths, And walk over the short grass, as I am pricked by the wheat: Daydreaming I will feel the coolness on my feet. I will let the wind bathe my bare head. I will not speak, I will have no thoughts: But infinite love will mount in my soul; And I will go far, far off, like a gypsy, through the countryside - as happy as if I were a woman. "Sensation

Arthur Rimbaud

If you want to have any success in politics, sing softly and carry a big guitar.

Jimmie Davis

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