William Allen Rogers’s 1904 cartoon recreates an episode in Gulliver’s Travels courtesy of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Stick_ideology

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick, You Will Go Far

The importance of backing up the things you say in life, work, and politics.

In a letter written to Henry L. Sprague dated January 26, 1900 the then Governor of New York, Teddy Roosevelt stated…

“I have always been fond of the West African proverb: “Speak softly and…