USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -to have a lot of power, and therefore be able to get what you want. The company carries a big stick. Over the past 107 years it has built itself up into the biggest brand in the world and now controls 44 per cent of the global market. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary.

Detailed explanation-2: -The famous Theodore Roosevelt quote about striving valiantly and daring greatly. “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

Detailed explanation-3: -While President McKinley ushered in the era of the American empire through military strength and economic coercion, his successor, Theodore Roosevelt, established a new foreign policy approach, allegedly based on a favorite African proverb, “speak softly, and carry a big stick, and you will go far” (Figure).

Detailed explanation-4: -How did Teddy Roosevelt’s approach to foreign policy reflect the proverb “speak softly and carry a big stick?” He believed in being patient but would use strong force if necessary, and his Big Stick Policy emphasized diplomacy (negotiation) backed by force.