The correct answer is B) the Rule of Law.
The other options of the question were A) Federalism. C) Equality. D) Constitutionalism.
The principal that is at most odds with the idea expressed in this quotation is the Rule of Law.
When we are referring to the legal term "rule of law," this means that there is a system of laws and institutions that need to be obeyed in the United States society. It is based on the principle of just laws that protect the nation and the citizens; an open government that creates laws that have to be enforced to guarantee the greater good; justice for all in a timely and fair way, and accountability, that means everybody is under the law.
