- Rule of law is a principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are: publicly promulgated, equally enforced, independently adjudicated, and consistent with international human rights principles.
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"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
- James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 51
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C. The rule of law prevents one branch of government from becoming more powerful than the others.
Each branch of government shares power and oversight of other branches.