Bad government Quote by Alexander Hamilton

A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government.

— Joseph Story

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

— Joseph Story

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the…

— Ambrose Bierce

“The danger of an administrative return to an extralegal regime becomes particularly concrete when one recognizes the potential for evasion. Administrative law evades not…

— Philip Hamburger

The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him…

— Anonymous

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant…

— Mignon McLaughlin

The Executive is charged officially in the Departments under it with the disbursement of the public money, and is responsible for the faithful application…

— James Monroe

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

— Lu Xun

“Executive power thus could be exercised adjacent to legislation without actually trespassing on legislative power. The executive, for example, could make regulations and interpretations…

— Philip Hamburger

An executive is one who makes an immediate decision and is sometimes right

— Elbert Hubbard

Government commissions are where accountability goes to die.

— Ilana Mercer

If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers.

— Scott Pruitt