Well-performing societies had both  the rule of law was necessary, but norms respected by all citizens had greater flexibility. Do the ends justify the means? It involved norms as well as laws. One couldnt encode in laws everything implied by good behavior. The world was just too complex and ever-changing. We werent certain how you created good institutions, we couldnt even define what the term meant precisely, but you knew it when you saw it.
winners took part in more than one election.
( z0 participate :ARG0 ( z1 person :ARG0-of ( z2 win ) ) :ARG1 ( z3 elect :quant ( z4 more-than :op 1 ) ) )
(z0 / participate-01
    :ARG0 (z1 / person
              :ARG0-of (z2 / win-01))
    :ARG1 (z3 / elect-01
              :quant (z4 / more-than
                         :op1 1)))
winners took part in more than one election .
z1 :ARG0-of z2
z0 :ARG0 z1
z4 :op1 0
z3 :quant z4
z0 :ARG1 z3