One of Teddy Roosevelt's favorite sayings was "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Big stick ideology, also known as big stick diplomacy refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: "speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far." Roosevelt described his style of foreign policy as "the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis."
This ideology focuses on negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong.