1, Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far.
温言在口,大棒在手,故而致远
据说美国罗斯福总统说的,但查维基,The earliest citation of this expression recorded
by the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary is
to The Economist magazine in the December 11, 1948, issue.
2,A country does not have permanent friends, only permanent interests