Mises Daily
Author:
Ben O'Neill
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One of the core principles of good governance in society is the idea that the authority of law ought to prevail over the brute power of people — i.e., that society should operate under the rule of law , not the rule of men . Aristotle wrote that “[t]he law ought to be supreme over all ...” and argued that ... where the laws are not supreme, there