democratic state

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Norms are a means to a larger end, which is a functioning democratic state.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

“Today’s decision by the Federal Constitutional Court sends out a clear signal: Our democratic state does not fund enemies of the Constitution,” Nancy Faeser, Germany’s interior minister, said in a statement.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

But it soon also came to represent the vision of a secular democratic state with equality for all.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2023

Hun Sen is noted as a canny and sometimes ruthless politician, and has since then managed to drive his rival into exile and neutralize all his challengers, even though Cambodia is a nominally democratic state.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

The distinctions demanded, in a democratic state, are simply those, which result from relations, that are common to every class, and are for the benefit of all.

From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther