In the Federalist Papers, Number Seventy, published March Fifteenth, 1788, Alexander Hamilton said, “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 it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.” He argued that a single executive, as opposed to an executive council, would be a far better choice. He knew that it would be the best way to go.

When Hamilton wrote the federalist paper number seventy, America had just broken away from the English monarchy and was forming how the government was to be structured. When he said a feeble executive, he meant a president who did not have much power and had to share power with an executive council. He thought that a council of more than one executive would lead to a weaker government.
Hamilton believed in the energy of the executive, an energetic singular leader. He believed it was essential to the community and foreign attacks. He did not want the power to be diluted amongst many. He said this would deprive people of two securities. One being the restraint of public opinion: who do you hold accountable if there is more than one person in charge and one of the persons does something wrong? If there is more than one person in the office and something goes wrong, people could point fingers on each other. On another hand, if there is one president we know who to blame, and can remove that person from office.