democratic state

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A democratic state must never treat any citizen as entirely worthless.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

“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

The constitution would help protect the rights of the people, according to the government, as well as establishing "the framework for Scotland as a modern, democratic state".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

Land, however, which is necessary as a basis for future colonization, together with the forests and bodies of water, which are of national importance, are to pass into the control of the democratic state.

From Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by Spargo, John