Sentences with phrase «government of laws»
The founders of American democracy rejected charismatic leadership, insisting on a government of laws, not of men.
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This is not only not the government of laws that the Constitution established; it is not a government of laws at all.»
A government of laws is predictable, whereas a government of men is as arbitrary and biased as whoever holds power.
Consider: One definition of a just government is a government of laws, and not of men.
I am not, Mukasey says, «satisfied with the view that what has been put into law by a duly elected government should provide the standard for those who are part of a government of laws.»
That is what John Adams meant when he said we have «a government of laws, and not of men.»
Third, we are under a «government of laws», but a general power to make retrospective laws would place us under a «government of men».
As John Adams declared over 200 years ago, if we are to have a «government of laws and not men,» we need our courts and judges to forever ensure that our legal rights are protected.
Traditional legal thinkers are likely to say that if legalism (legal formalism, orthodox legal reasoning, a «government of laws not men,» the «rule of law» as celebrated in the loftiest Law Day rhetoric, and so forth) does not exist everything is permitted to judges — so watch out!
As for the president, he thinks otherwise, proclaiming on Friday, «Our system of separation of powers has safeguarded our liberties and helped ensure that we remain a government of laws.»
Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men.
In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously.
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