democratic state

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

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

But it soon also came to represent the vision of a secular democratic state with equality for all.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2023

"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 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

No modern democratic state would ever vest such powers in the hands of its magistrates and clergy, nor would any modern people accept such oppressive and unjust legislation as characterized these early New England communities.

From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Andrews, Charles McLean