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Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy

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Theodore Roosevelt’s big stick diplomacy is mainly remembered from a phrase he mentioned on September 2, 1901, during his speech at Minnesota State Fair. The phrase is remembered as “speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far” and is still famous as of today. The big stick diplomacy is and was a major part of Roosevelt’s relation and peace policy. His main point in the policy was the idea to strive for peace while also keeping other nations aware of their military power. Roosevelt did agree to the arbitration of questions not having anything to do with national honor or vital interests whereas Taft was all for it. The two men were basically opposites. William Taft was basically different in the idea of foreign as well as domestic affairs in the United States. His experience in Philippines and in the cabinet should have given him an excellent background in the creation and conduct of diplomacy along with a good reason to agree with Roosevelt, but instead, it caused him to shun both Roosevelt and his method of proceeding with an executive action. Instead of Roosevelt’s silly theories, Taft sought to settle the peace of international disputes by using the Hague Court of Arbitration or by the International Commissions of Inquiry if the diplomatic efforts failed him. Woodrow …show more content…

One similarity that was carried between the men would be that these specific diplomacy's are all of foreign policy by the president. Secondly, each diplomacy had limited success and they tried to get countries to do what they wanted and not what the country wanted. Thirdly, the similarities for the dollar diplomacy, aka Taft’s diplomacy, and the Moral Diplomacy, aka Woodrow Wilson’s diplomacy, would be that they both needed the Big Stick Policy for him in their diplomacy's. Finally, the Big Stick and Moral Diplomacy are both based off of ideas that Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

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