you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone English

Meaning you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone meaning

What does you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone mean?

you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone proverb

— It is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice to others.