Most of the time they evoke the barbarity of the attacks that hit last night, the heart of our country, that injured Marianne, which has created, beyond all borders, a spirit of solidarity and compassion as strong as after the attacks last January, which had touched the depths of our democracy by attacking a symbol of freedom of expression.
Being able to answer "yes" has long been taken as a litmus test of the depth of your commitment to democracy.
Contrary to Feuer's suggestion that events such as the murders of the de Witts led to an anti-democratic turn in Spinoza's thought, these passages reveal the depth of Spinoza's commitment to democracy and his refusal to endorse the thesis that some men are innately more fit to govern than others.
Their ingrained suspicion of democracy in their own movement plumbed new depths.
Poll after poll shows the depth of American despair over their tarnished democracy, especially on the right, where a majority wants to see the election of an outsider to shatter the system.
While conscious of his defects and mistakes, she reminds readers of Robespierre's "passionate commitment to democracy," of "the depth of his commitment to the poor," of his advanced ideas on education, minorities and taxation, and of his consistent identification "with the victims of injustice".
This is where it all crashes together, the crossroads of the war in Afghanistan, "Strategic Depth," undermining democracy in Pakistan - everything.
Muslims are incapable of democracy.
