...have sensed this when they accepted Alexander Hamilton's proposition in the Seventieth Federalist that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." They thus envisaged a strong president — but within an equally strong system of constitutional accountability....

...line of argument, see "The Federalist No. 48," in Clinton Rossiter, ed., The Federalist Papers. 8. "Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. ... A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another...

...have sensed this when they accepted Alexander Hamilton's proposition in the Seventieth Federalist that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." They thus envisaged a strong president — but within an equally strong system of constitutional accountability....

...15,1788 To the People of the State of New York. There is an idea, which is not without its advocates, , with jails well wishers to this species of government must at least hope that the supposition is destitute of...

...minority report closes this section by relying on Alexander Hamilton's assertion in Federalist No. 70 that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government" and other quotes about the benefits of "energy," such as being "essential to the protection of the...

...and Budget Urban Affairs Council PART ONE Introduction In Federalist No. 70, Alexander Hamilton wrote "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government" because, he thought, unitary and energetic leadership would bring greater accountability, transparency,...

...Presidency, by Terry Eastland. Based on Alexander Hamilton's assertion in the Federalist Papers that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government," Eastland's book, published in 1992, spelled out for conservatives an argument for a strong, unilateral...

...have sensed this when they accepted Alexander Hamilton's proposition in the Seventieth Federalist that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." They thus envisaged a strong president — but within an equally strong system of constitutional accountability....

...HAMILTON ein notwendiges Element in einer Republik und Bestandteil der Idee des „good government": "Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."761 Diese Stärke der Exekutive wäre nach HAMILTON undenkbar, wenn es mehrere Oberhäupter...

...buildup, in which the presidency had been only delicately introduced, Hamilton addressed the "idea" that "a vigorous Executive is inconsistent with the genius of republican government. " Hamilton because of confusion arising from twentieth-century scholarship about the republican origins...