A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government.

“A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government.”

A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.

Year: 1788
Context: Federalist No. 70
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Keywords: 1788, Alexander Hamilton, execution, executive, Federalist No. 70, government, theory