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

"So we need to figure out a way, one, to stay in the same land, two, without killing each other, and three, while maintaining a Jewish democratic state."

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

Hun Sen, 70, an authoritarian ruler in a nominally democratic state, has been in power for 38 years.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 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 Abolitionists believed that a democratic state, which ignored the natural rights proclaimed by the Declaration of Independence, was a piece of organized political hypocrisy,—worthy only of destruction.

From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David