Speak Softly and Carry a Big Shtik Form

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hey guys cliff here and you're watching that was history have you ever thought about how easily we are impacted by great speeches catchphrases and even slogans the perfect combination of words can quickly change the pace of a debate or an agreement and in today's society these types of phrases are huge in the advertising of products and services America has had quite a few presidents lead the way with catchy slogans as well with Theodore Roosevelt being among them stick around that's coming up on September 2nd of 1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt would give a speech at the Minnesota State Fair during the speech Roosevelt would coin a very famous phrase that would go down in diplomatic history on this day it is recorded that Roosevelt said speak softly and carry a big stick which was in reference to his stance on foreign policy ing to Roosevelt he adopted the phrase from an Old West African proverb however their origins of the slogan have been heavily disputed from this slogan the