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

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999 No foreign policy-no matter how ingenious-has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of few and carried in the hearts of many.
953 Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.
978 Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
988 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.
938 The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.

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