speak softly and carry a big stick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_stick_ideology 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Tr-bigstick-cartoon.JPG

attribution: William Allen Rogers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

• Ukraine
• Gaza
• India
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Kuwait
• Vietnam
• Korea
• etc.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mel_dj/41943798462

attribution: George Santayana quotes and flickr

public domain