Sentence examples for features of a democracy from inspiring English sources

We enjoy some features of a democracy, but our constitution is profoundly undemocratic.

"Hungary is quickly losing the defining features of a democracy under the rule of law," Grabbe wrote.

These interests clearly contradict the basic features of a democracy — in which the people are the source of legitimacy, the military's activities are subject to civilian oversight, politics are unpredictable and power changes hands.

Even if a consensus on precise definitions has proved elusive, most observers today would agree that, at a minimum, the fundamental features of a democracy include government based on majority rule and the consent of the governed, the existence of free and fair elections, the protection of minorities and respect for basic human rights.

India has also had other essential features of a democracy, in particular continued freedom and vigor of the media and independence of the judiciary, with the Supreme Court often disallowing decisions of those in governmental office on constitutional grounds.

One of the fundamental features of a democracy is a free press, which means a press that is not run or restricted by the government.

Free and fair elections are only one feature of a democracy, but in Venezuela, elections have become something more -- a national project which knows no party and constitutes a major national investment.

As a neutral, basic democratic country in the heart of Europe it unites all features of a perfect democracy, although it is only at seventh place in the democracy index.

He also insisted that among the most important features of a social democracy should be the right of workers to participate directly in the control of the firms in which they are employed.

The Times of London echoed the world press in its final tribute: "He created the métier of showman on a grandiose scale.…He early realized that essential feature of a modern democracy, its readiness to be led to what will amuse and instruct it.…His name is a proverb already, and a proverb it will continue".

The notion, for instance, that public streets and parks are open to speakers and protesters, an essential feature of an enlightened democracy, is grounded in the belief that speakers should have access to an audience and that listeners ought to be exposed to a diversity of views.