The relationships among liberty , democracy , and the rule of laware very complicated . Howto define and adjust their values is the key totheintegration of socialist politics and real life . De mocracy is the result of a tensile force fromliberty and equality . It is a political mechanis m which can realize liberty and adjust the tension bet ween liberty and equality . The rule of lawis a nor mative institutional arrangement which develops democracy and realizes liberty rationally . The positive connection bet ween democracy and the rule of lawexpresses itself in their dependence on each other and in the beauty of liberty which is realized in the process of inter-adaptation and inter-coordi nation with liberty .