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

"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

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

On the other hand, a community in which no man or no group of men are granted by law any advantage over their fellow-citizens is the type of the perfect and fruitful democratic state.

From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David