Theodore Roosevelt "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" - 2 Sided Motivational Graphic Tee

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States.  Statesman, intellectual, adventurer and family man, Theodore Roosevelt lived “The Strenuous Life” with vigor and passion.

In a speech at the Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 1901, Teddy gave a speech, where he stated, "Speak softly and carry a big stick—you will go far. If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power. In private life there are few things more obnoxious than the man who is always loudly boasting; and if the boaster is not prepared to back up his words his position becomes absolutely contemptible. So it is with the nation. It is both foolish and undignified to indulge in undue self-glorification, and above all, in loose-tongued denunciation of other peoples."

The front pocket design is a battleship of The Great White Fleet, which was the popular name for the group of United States Navy battleships that completed a journey around the globe from 16 December 1907, to 22 February 1909, by order of President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, earning it's name for the stark white paint on the hulls of the ships.

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