User:Atcovi/Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far

Quoted by Teddy Roosevelt

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctorine did two things
 * 1) Asserted that the United States' right to interfere in the economic matters of other nations in the Americas
 * 2) Claimed the United States had the right to exercise international police power

Teddy Roosevelt advocated "Big Stick Diplomacy". This means that he would try to work things out peacefully, but if necessary he would use the military and economic power of the United States to get what he wanted. An example of Roosevelt's "Big Stick Diplomacy" is getting the government of Panama to allow the US to build the Panama Canal.