...branches, they also saw the need for a strong executive. In Hamilton's famous words from Federalist 70, "Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." The first ingredient of such energy, he argued, was unity. What we have today, rather than the unity...

...pursued. In Federalist 70 to 77, Publius also expresses this view when he recommends a vigorous executive: "Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government" (31). Progressives and contemporary advocates of an administrative state support an energetic executive...

...characterized by "energy" to engage in "decision, activity, secrecy, and dispatch," must be unitary. Since "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government," Publius chooses a separation of powers system in order to endow the new government with the unitary...

...difficult just as it has become more necessary."65 CHAPTER EIGHT The Executive Branch Jane Shapiro Zacek "Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."1 So observed Alexander Hamilton, New York delegate to the US Constitutional Convention...

...executive is inconsistent with the genius of republican government. The enlightened well-wishers to this species of government must at least hope that...admitting the condemnation of their own principles" (70:423). And yet energy in the Executive is a leading character. . . of good government. It is essential...

...republicanos del continente tal vez desearían ver emblematizados en la estampa de sus gobernantes: Energy in the executive is a leading character in...to the protection of the community against foreign attack: It is no less essential to the steady administration of the laws, to the protection of property...

...Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist No. 7052 noted that 'energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government', and energy flows from the unity of powers in the hands of one man or a few. This highlights the need...

...at 231, 233 (James Madison). C/. these remarks with those of Hamilton in FEDERALIST No. 70, at 471: "Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." That Washington himself wanted the removal power is evident from his concern for centralization of...

...friends of republican government who held Mason's opinion had better hope that they were wrong, since "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."23 Storing argues, moreover, that the presidency is the keystone to the constitutional...

...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...