...of adversity. She will need great energy." And this returns us to Alexander Hamilton's observation, "Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." Moral Action and Presidential Leadership RICHARD M. PIOUS ADOLPH AND EFFIE OCHS PROFESSOR BARNARD COLLEGE...

...emphasis on centralization, the writer highly praised the American federalist, quoting his statement that "energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." Calling Hamilton a "genius" and "our favorite author," the editorial recommended "everything from that...

...this view of agency autonomy simply cannol withstand constitutional scrutiny. 21. FedrroJut No. 70 ("Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good govemment ') 22. The legal framework for determining whether the Presidents directives or actions are...

...with what Hamilton in Federalist Paper 70 calls "energy in the executive." Energy in the executive is "essential to the protection of the community against...not less essential to the steady administration of laws; to the protection of property ... to the security of liberty." Energy for Hamilton meant a strong...

...republican government."37 The counterargument was, of course, for the necessity of a single president: "Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." Hence everyone who had any acquaintance with Roman history knew that it had often been necessary to...

...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....

...need for executive power. In perhaps his most-quoted passage, Hamilton contended in Federalist 70 that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." The Articles had clearly demonstrated that weak government produced poor policy and worse results....

...vigorous executive is inconsistent with the genius of republican government." He maintained, instead, that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."16 In the end, the framers and then the electorate agreed to what many of them had feared...

...overmatch, for every other member of the government."182 As for the executive, most framers now agreed that "[e]nergy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."183 At the same time, most of these former revolutionaries still feared it as "the foetus...

...never admit its truth, without at the same time admitting the condemnation of their own principles. Energy in the executive is a leading character in...protection of property against those irregular and high handed combinations, which sometimes interrupt the ordinary course of justice, to the security...