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“Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.”
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, FEDERALIST NO. 70, THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT FURTHER CONSIDERED, 15 MARCH 1788
MONIST PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS IN MODERN REPUBLICANISM AND THE BASIS OF JUDGEMENT OF THE CHARACTER OF A WORTHY PRESIDENT
The ideal ruler to me is similar to the faqih (or jurist-scholar), but within our republic, the chief is merely a representative of the people, truly, not of his particular sect or political party expressed through a factionalism. Has this been properly grasped, that the presidential office is representative of the whole Fraternity (or Union), reflective of the body of citizens? It seems you have many corrupt politicians among you exploiting the meanings and terminology of our government, subverting it for their authoritarian aims, so I will equip you with a weapon — a republican theory of our government and the role of the presidency. Those who have been critical of popular sovereignty, like Ruhollah Khomeini preferred a system guided by religious expertise, and he was influenced by Greek Philosophy. These are lineages distilled in different ways. Our (U.S. American) system does not need to be guided by a religious cleric, sharia law, or Noahide law, though the constitution does not prevent a politician who happens to also be a preacher to be elected to office. But our system is not guided by a leader that must be a religious cleric and jurist. This would constitute a subversion, and infiltration, subversion, inversion and collapse can be prevented by an already informed citizenry or rising enlightened citizenry.
You will learn that the concept of the republican executive is a secularized version of the ancient monistic archetype, an idea of legitimate authority that survived the fall of Rome, passed through Christian natural law theory, and re‑entered modern REPUBLICANISM through Renaissance HUMANISM and Enlightenment RATIONALISM.
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