Synonyms for rule of law
rule of law

Princeton's WordNet

1. rule of lawnoun

   a state of order in which events conform to the law

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Order

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1. United States:

   ?The Myanmar authorities should allow the journalists to return to their jobs and families, today's decision is a setback for press freedom and the rule of law in Myanmar.

2. The President:

   It will be seen as validation of what they already think, that we're not a rule of law country, that's what makes it so poisonous, that they'll think we're just like them and we're not.

3. Ted Cruz:

   Given the pattern of judicial nominees he's put forward so far, he keeps being captive to the radical left in his party. If he nominated a radical leftist justice who would ignore the rule of law and undermine our constitutional rights, I can't imagine a Republican Senate would confirm an extreme justice.

4. Justice Department spokesman Devin O'Malley:

   Justice Department continues to maintain that we exercised our authority, given by Congress, to attach conditions -- designed to keep Americans safe -- to public safety grants, and we will continue to fight to carry out the Department's commitment to the rule of law, protecting public safety, and keeping criminal aliens off the streets.

5. Pascal Lamy:

   My reaction is it seems that hostage-taking works. That's my reaction, if there's a rule of law, it's because people believe it's better than the law of the jungle. And many people don't like the law of the jungle because some are strong, some are weak, and they don't want the strong to always step on the weak.