| A | B |
|---|
| Andrew Jackson | The first truly "energetic" president. |
| Abraham Lincoln | Expanded presidential power more than all of the presidents before him and possibly all presidents after him. |
| Andrew Jackson | Vetoed more legislation than all the presidents before him combined. |
| Federalist 70 | Argued "energy" in the executive branch was consistent with republican government. |
| Abraham Lincoln | Suspended habeas corpus. |
| George Washington | Was asked to leave the room by Congress. |
| Woodrow Wilson | The first president to personally deliver the State of the Union Address since John Adams |
| Article II | Section of the Constitution which deal primarily with the executive branch. |
| Article II, Section 3 | Contains the phrase "he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed." |
| Elastic Clause | Constitutional phrase which can be interpreted so as to allow a wide variety of behavior. |
| Alexander Hamilton | Author of Federalist 70. |
| Richard Neustadt | Suggested that the core of presidential power is the power to persuade. |
| Harry Truman | "I spend all day trying to convince people to do things they should have enough sense to do on their own." |
| Andrew Jackson | "Justice Taney has made his decision, now let him go enforce it." |
| Douglas McArthur | Popular General who was asked by the president to relinquish his command. |
