Join Warriors for Life (WFL) hosted by Veteran Steven Bates for a Discussion About "Speak Softly..."

Join our Volunteer, Air Force Veteran, Peer Support Specialist/AdultTrainer, and Writer/Author Steven Bates TONIGHT for "Mid-Week Musings!" edition of Warriors for Life (WFL) Online, sponsored and presented by Victory for Veterans, Inc. (VFV). 

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"Speak Softly..."

"Wise words from a 125-year-old speech!"

Join Air Force veteran, author, and Peer Support Specialist Steven Bates tonight with the Warriors for Life Mid-Week Musings Peer Support group as we discuss speaking softly - words to live by from a speech over a hundred years ago today.

"On this day, one hundred and twenty-five years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt, at a state fair in Minnesota, gave a heartfelt speech on a citizen's National duties.  In that speech, he referred to an old adage, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick, and you will go far.", stating that "if a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither will speaking softly avail, if the back of softness there does not lie strength, power".  This speech later became known as the "National Duties" speech and defined the civil responsibilities of a citizen of the United States. 

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Warriors for Life (WFL) Online "Mid-Week Musings!" edition presented by Victory for Veterans, Inc. (VFV) — Every Wednesday Evening, September 2, 2026, @ 4:30 PM PT, 5:30 PM MT, 6:30 PM CT, & 7:30 PM ET

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Thank you,

Steven Bates, Air Force Veteran, Writer/Author, Peer Support Specialist/Adult Trainer, & Volunteer Facilitator, Victory for Veterans, Inc.

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