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

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

"Gradually, myself my kids and my grandkids are losing the hope to live here in a democratic state and to have a normal life like every person deserves," Hava Golan, 65 year-old biology professor said.

From Reuters • May 20, 2023

But I think we as citizens of a democratic state and the democratic state itself, should invent a structure where this is co-funded.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

The average head of a democratic state is not ipso facto the best rabble-rouser within that state, but merely one of the best.

From The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind by Nathan, George Jean