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" Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far.' 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. "
Roosevelt Among the People: Being an Account of the Fourteen Thousand Mile ... - Page 48
by Addison Charles Thomas - 1910 - 314 pages
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The American Monthly Review of Reviews, Volume 24

Albert Shaw - 1901 - 1024 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we say. A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb, 1 ' Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far." If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble ; and...
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The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The strenuous life

Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 302 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we say. A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb: "Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far." If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble ; and...
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Life of William McKinley, Our Martyred President: With Short Biographies of ...

Bp. Samuel Fallows, Samuel Fallows - 1901 - 550 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we say. "A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb : 'Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far.' If a man contmually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither...
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The American Idea as Expounded by American Statesmen

Joseph Benson Gilder - 1902 - 346 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we say. A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb : " Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far." If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble ; and...
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THE ILLUSTRIOUS LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY

MURAT HALSTEAD - 1901 - 514 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we say. A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb: "Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far." If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither...
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Theodore Roosevelt, Patriot and Statesman: The True Story of an Ideal American

Robert Cornelius V. Meyers - 1902 - 638 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we say. A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far.' If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither...
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Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders ..., Volume 25

Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 588 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we say. A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb : " Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far." If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither...
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Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1906 ...

Benson John Lossing - 1906 - 556 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we Ray. A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb, " Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far." If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither...
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The Marvelous Career of Theodore Roosevelt

1910 - 444 pages
...hesitation up to whatever we say. A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far. ' If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble ; and...
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Theodore Roosevelt and His Time Shown in His Own Letters, Volume 1

Joseph Bucklin Bishop - 1920 - 556 pages
...it respected by any strong foreign power whose interest it may ever happen to be to violate it. ' ' There is a homely old adage which runs : ' Speak softly...If the American* nation will speak softly and yet huild and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy the Monroe Doctrine will...
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