Relacionar Columnas Fundamental Polit PrinciplesVersión en línea Fundamental Political Principles por Michael Loret 1 Limited Government 2 Democracy 3 Representative government 4 Rule of Law 5 Consent of the Governed In a representative system of government, people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf. In a democratic system, the people rule. The government and those who govern are bound by the law. Government is not all-powerful and may only do those things people have given it the power to do. People are the source of any and all governmental power.