"It is perhaps cynical to note that he did not need to force very hard."

We need to force them to play by our rules.

We need to force money out of real estate anyway.

We need to force them to beat us from outside.

You wouldn't need to force this to happen, market forces would kick in.

Do you really need to force me to play these games?

"We need to force the action instead of waiting for something bad to happen."

"But then you need other tactics to force the company to bargain."

He did not need to force any kind of change, only bend his will toward things being exactly as they were.