Now, he said, it was "time for the Republic," as he vowed that authorities would respond decisively to any violent elements this weekend.
"We took our time" in responding to avoid an explosive backlash, he said, but then dealt "decisively" with the small, violent element among the demonstrators.
The survey suggests that views on Iraq and the administration's success or failure in overcoming violent opposition there could decisively influence the race between President Bush and Senator John Kerry, according to the Pew director, Andrew Kohut.
Failing to act decisively would lead to an "unsupervised, possibly violent, independence process" that could spread instability to Kosovo's Balkan neighbors, the organization, the International Crisis Group, said in a report.
By night, though, the scenes turned more violent, as the police moved to decisively clear the square — and some demonstrators fought back while others called for peaceful civil disobedience.
He knew that war was violent and to defeat an enemy combatant quickly and decisively meant the least amount of bloodshed.
The most violent phase of the Tahrir revolution came on February 2nd, when protesters decisively held the square against crowds loyal to the regime.
Although Kasavubu had Lumumba arrested and delivered to the Katanga secessionists, which was intended to pave the way for a reintegration of the province, it was not until January 1963 and only after a violent showdown between the European-trained Katanga gendarmerie and the UN forces that the secession was decisively crushed.
The type of animal decisively influences the recipient's personality: a gentle person has received a butterfly's soul; a cruel and violent man, that of a jaguar.
