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. Theodore Roosevelt, the Boy and the Man - Page 210by James Morgan - 1907 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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