Sentence examples for democratic characteristics from inspiring English sources

That is presumably why Iran's constitution also has democratic characteristics.

For essentially the same reasons, the notion of an "ideal democracy" also can be useful for identifying and understanding the democratic characteristics of actually existing governments, be they of city-states, nation-states, or larger associations.

Yet, the current mantra for 'collaboration' has gained relative credibility and legitimacy without scrutiny of the democratic characteristics and quality of these institutional arrangements.

In order to maintain Israel's Jewish and democratic characteristics, this movement pushes for equality of law for all with the aim of employing a two-state solution so as to both ensure a Jewish majority in Israel and a fully-exercised democracy.

I would therefore like to reply to him, as well as to Mr Swoboda, who contrasts the representative or democratic characteristics of the Council with those of the European Parliament.

The legislators behaved with characteristic democratic abandon.

In the same vein, Mr. McCain will argue that Mr. Obama's support for tax increases on wealthier Americans cloaks a characteristic Democratic push to raise everyone's taxes, and that his support for government activism on health care, housing and alternative-energy subsidies recalls the Democratic bent for blunting the dynamism of a free-market economy.

One of the characteristics of democratic leaders is not to be "strongmen" but rather to be just and tolerant.

The first configures the structure and processes of political representation and government functions: in a word, the characteristics of democratic politics.

Smirk, of course, is the top-of-the-ticket characteristic that Democratic partisans have been trying to pin on Governor Bush.

The separation of powers and the checks and balances characteristic of democratic political systems constrain the ability of elected leaders to move their countries rashly toward war.