Conversation so far:
what president said speak softly and carry a big stick
Big stick ideology, big stick diplomacy, or big stick policy refers to President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.“
what does big stick policy mean
Roosevelt described his style of foreign policy as the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis.“

Question: how many components does the policy have
Self-contained rewrite: how many components does the big stick policy have