Much less forcefully stated was another goal: creating a Europe whole and free.

"The situation here in Alexandria is very complicated," the officer stated forcefully.

"We must go to the United Nations first," the secretary of state stated forcefully.

Instead of just stating this as a problem, he forcefully stated the choices that had to be made.

"I will take care of him, and not with my fist, should we meet again," Jiro stated forcefully.

"You are as shrewd as any man I ever met," she stated forcefully.

"These security officers will escort you back to your shuttlecraft, Captain," she stated forcefully.

He does so, he says, because in a time of dissembling politicians, forceful views need to be forcefully stated.

Finally, when he could bear it no more, he stated forcefully: "Of course the world isn't flat," he said.

For one, he has tangled with Mr. Iacocca and forcefully stated his differences over company strategy.