What does roosevelt mean by ""speak softly and carry a big stick""?

Roosevelt means that one should use reasoned foresight in order to deal with domestic and foreign policy and act justly in every case, "speak softly," and have a strong military in order to make the adversary aware of the consequences of his possible misdemeanours.  

Explanation:

Roosevelt used this peculiar aphorism in order to showcase the importance of  peaceful negotiations, whilst having a strong army as backup in case something goes wrong. This bears strong resemblance with , pursuing political decisions based on particular circumstances. The aphorism I also alludes to a Machiavellian use of power when the circumstance demands. The politician should thus negotiate peacefully, according to the circumstance at hand, and intervene with military power, whenever the situation demands.

under god i have placed my chiest strentgh and the safe guard to my loyal subjects

d

step-by-step explanation:

an inequality is an expression which means more than one number is a solution. we graph the solutions on a number line to show all possible values. we graph using circles and arrows.

this is a filled in circle on -2 so this is . this means only answers c and d are options.

answer d points to the right.