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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.

Great short quote and quotation by: Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in Chicago, 3 Apr. 1903 , 26th president of US (1858 – 1919)

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