Relacionar Columnas Fundamental Political PrinciplVersión en línea Fundamental Political Principles por Michael Loret 1 Rule of law 2 Limited government 3 Democracy 4 Representative Democracy 5 Consent of the governed The government and those who govern are bound by the law, as are those who are governed. The US is a nation of laws. the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people’s behalf. Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it the power to do. A government only rules because the people give it permission to rule. A form of government where power is in the hands of THE PEOPLE.