Asif Ali Zardari

I have spent seven of the 12 years I have been married a victim of political persecution. I must be the first male spouse being held hostage by a regime. I accept this, as Pakistan has traditional elements who find it hard to reconcile with a man whose wife works and who other men salute perforce of her office.

Pakistani Politician

Douglas Adams

I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America.

English Writer

Use 'perforce' to imply something must occur out of necessity, without any alternative options.

Implied Necessity

'Perforce' is considered formal and is more commonly found in written English than spoken language.

Formal Tone

Using 'perforce' can give your language an old-fashioned or historical feel, as it's not common in modern casual speech.

Historical Flavor

 for people with a complex moral awareness, with a heritage of guilt and defeat matched by defiance and bravado. It's not a typical mindset for most Americans, but it is perforce typical of virtually all Hungarians. So, "Jó napot, pacák!"