Thaddeus stevens and other republicans in congress thought lincoln's ten percent plan was

an earnest tone.

because portia wants to know why brutus has been acting strange lately.

roosevelt believed that in light of the country's recent military successes, it was unnecessary to use force to achieve foreign policy goals, so long as the military could threaten force. this belief, and his strategy of “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” shaped much of roosevelt's foreign policy.