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Influences of Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton greatly admired the British style of government and monarchy, to the extent that he called it “the best in the world.”    He even proposed an executive that would serve for life, or “during good behavior,” , but that idea was quickly shot down the next day. Hamilton was influenced by Genevan monarchist Jean-Louis de Lolme’s praise of the English monarchy for being a "sufficiently independent and sufficiently controlled,” and even cited him in Federalist 70 when advocating that the American executive be unitary.  He “followed De Lolme in worrying that parliament was aggressively stripping the crown of too many of its traditional prerogatives” in Britain and wished to create a comparatively stronger executive in America.  Hamilton also adhered to John Locke’s advocacy of the executive’s “respect for constitutional obligations and proper prerogative” in being a strong executive, a concept Hamilton also got from Englishman William Blackstone.    Montesquieu provided support for Hamilton for the claim that a strong executive was essential for the United States, especially because of its size.  Also, Montesquieu’s “vigor” in the executive is the origin of Hamilton’s “energy” in the executive. This energy also derived from Machiavellian and Aristotelian political philosophy.