本文认为 ,以毛泽东、邓小平、江泽民为核心的我党三代领导人 ,在治国方略上 ,都提出过许多重要思路 ,作过许多重要决策。他们共同促进了中国特色社会主义民主政治的形成和发展。毛泽东提出 ,要靠民主跳出历史的“周期率” ,但却未能解决民主制度化问题 ;邓小平提出 ,要使“民主制度化和法律化” ,“还是搞法制靠得住些” ,从理论上补充、完善、丰富了毛泽东关于跳出历史“周期率”的思想 ;江泽民提出 ,“依法治国 ,建设社会主义法治国家” ,并把它作为“党领导人民治理国家的基本方略” ,继承和发展了邓小平民主法制理论 ,是我党治国方略上的重大发展 ,具有划时代的意义 This article argues that the three generations of leaders of our party, with Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin as the core, have put forward many important ideas and made many important decisions on the strategy of running the country. Together, they promoted the formation and development of socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics. Mao Zedong proposed that we should rely on democracy to jump out of the “cycle rate” of history but fail to solve the problem of democratization. Deng Xiaoping proposed that the theory of “democracy should be institutionalized and legalized” or “ , And perfected and enriched Mao Zedong’s thinking on jumping out of the historical ”cycle rate.“ Jiang Zemin proposed that ”rule the country by law and build a socialist country ruled by law“ and regard it as ”the basic strategy for the party in leading the people in governing the country." Deng Xiaoping The theory of democracy and the rule of law is a major development in the party’s governing the country and has epoch-making significance