"I have to have."
"Gentlemen," said the President of the Intersolar Council. "There is very little to say. There can be no denying the fact that we have exhausted our efforts at finding a satisfactory solution.
"The contents of this book of reports represents the greatest concentration of expert reasoning perhaps ever applied to a single problem.
"But alas, the problem remains—unsolved."
He paused to glance at his wristwatch.
"The aliens return in an hour. As you very well know there is one action that remains for us. It is one we have held to this hour. It is one that has always been present and one that we have been constantly urged to use.
"Force, gentlemen. It is not insignificant. It lies at our command. It represents the technology of the Intersolar alliance. I will entertain a motion to use it."
There were no nay votes.