Making America Great

 Democracy and the rule of law, in my interpretation based on the preambles of the founding documents of the US -- the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the Constitution, understood as mission statements -- are an attempt, though perhaps not consciously, to create a government or perhaps a society based on the Golden Rule:  "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you", or "Do not do to others what you would not have done to yourself".

 An attempt at operationalization:  All people are created equal.  No one is above the law.  The law applies equally to all.  The history of the United States can be viewed as the efforts by its people to be recognized as "people" as in "We the People of the United States".