What was theodore roosevelt's famous saying “speak softly and carry a big stick” a reference to?

The phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick" was President Roosevelt's foreign policy. What this essentially meant was that he would try to negotiate a peaceful resolution to a solution, the "speak softly" part, and if that didn't work he would involve the military, or the "big stick".

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