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

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

But an essentially democratic state consists in the circumstance that all citizens enjoy these rights equally.

From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David