from other members of the government saying yeah you can do that. doesn't matter if you have more authority than us cause we give you the okay. government gives government power. and we somewhat chose some of them
so that no one person or persons rule the government ; to avoid anarchy
When Caesar Augustus came into power the republican or democratic form of government became extinct. Although Augustus kept the appearance of a republic, he kept all the meaningful power for himself.
Consent of the Governed - the people give power to the government Rule of Law - people mush follow the law Representative Government - elect people to represent governmant Democracy - power of people to vote their desires Limited Government - government only has specific amout of power
According to Aristotle: Monarchy (Rule by One) which degraded to Tyranny (Rule by an absolute ruler) Aristocracy (Rule by the Best) which degraded to Oligarchy(Rule by the Few) Democracy (People Power) which degraded to Ochlocracy (Mob Power).
Aristotle described them as: Monarchy (rule by a single (best) one) which usually degraded to Tyranny (rule by a single (not so best) one). Aristocracy (rule of the best) which usually degraded to oligarchy (rule of the few). Democracy (people power) which usually degraded to Ochlocracy (mob power).
rule
a government in which a small usally self appointed grouo has the power to rule
democracy The type of government system that the people rule and hold sovereign power is a republic.
the people
people
rule
They had total power in government
The government gets it power from the people.
We the People is where government gets its power.
rule of law
A monarchy is a government in which the king has the power to rule the country.
William Howard Taft's rule of reason sought to limit the government's power. Theodore Roosevelt's new nationalism sought to strengthen the government's power.