However, if the South chose to actively take up arms against the Government, their insurrection would meet a firm and forceful response.

Roosevelt suggested the use of economic pressure, a forceful response, but less direct than outright aggression.

Iraq's foreign minister, meanwhile, expressed support for a forceful response to continuing violence by insurgents.

These many refusals met with a forceful response from the council.

Howe was apparently somewhat taken aback by Franklin's forceful response.

"To have a forceful response from the Buildings Department means a lot to communities, especially in Manhattan," he said.

If it does, we will deliver a forceful response.

This should be met with a forceful response.

I therefore call for a rapid, forceful response from the European Commission in order to put an end to this situation.

No forceful response to the violence of a state against peoples who are nominally its own citizens?