He should instead follow the motto of Theodore Roosevelt: Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Another path to consider (and one the Rowntree report disapproves of) is using the big stick.
We were thrilled to hear that he was going to talk tough and carry a Big Stick.
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Then along came Trapani, who wields a really big stick in the world of online productivity tools.
Mr Mitchell, unlike Mr Holbrooke, speaks quietly with no big stick in reserve.
He said it would be better right now to heed Teddy Roosevelt's advice to speak softly and carry a big stick.
The U.S. learned during the Cold War that the only way to stop U.N. meddling is to wield a big stick.
It can be no coincidence that Plaid chair John Dixon waves the big stick in his introduction to the 2005 conference.
But when Mr Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, arrived in Dublin, he was carrying neither a big stick nor a magic wand.
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Curb the tendency to talk loudly while carrying a big stick.
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He may be waving a big stick at Albany, but he is speaking softly and, for now, seems to be avoiding Mr Spitzer's propensity to arrogance.
And animals still periodically blockade the track, leaving the driver little choice but to stop the train, get out and chase them off with a big stick.
There's also a big stick: He can deliver a punishing dose of negative publicity to any company that he deems inadequate in fulfilling its obligations to African-Americans.
"I was taught that if somebody wants something of yours and will not negotiate reasonably, and brings a big stick with them, you don't roll over, " he said.
They should speak softly and sound reasonable, but carry the big stick of a shutdown in order to ensure that the spending cut target for FY2011 spending is not eroded.
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" A few months ago, while referring to Teddy Roosevelt's famous comment to walk softly and a carry a big stick, Biden said: "I promise you, the president has a big stick.
And, yes, Israel could well be bluffing, waving its big stick in order to make the rewards the Europeans, Americans, Russians and Chinese are offering Iran in return for an end to uranium enrichment look more tempting.
The expansionist impulse continued under Teddy Roosevelt, whose big stick (carry one, while talking softly, he advised) and amendments to the Monroe Doctrine (his corollary proclaimed the United States' right to intervene anywhere in Latin America to prevent the Europeans doing so) have helped to make him a hero in today's Washington.
They're hoping Mr Obama has waved a very big diplomatic stick in Bibi Netanyahu's general direction.
High drug prices in America have become a big political stick with which the Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, is bashing Mr Bush.
"I do not see anybody swinging that big of a stick on this side of the border, " said Gen.
And the big banks could stick to the letter of the Basel rules and appear to be sound, when in fact they were massive, fiendishly complex and impenetrable institutions taking insane risks.
Particles must be just the right size:too big and they will stick to the throat, too small and they get exhaled right out.
Given a long stick and a stone too big to fit down the tube, they chose the stick without hesitation.
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