foundation of democracy

collocation in English

meaningsoffoundationanddemocracy

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foundation
noun
uk
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/us
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when an organization, state, etc. ...
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democracy
noun
uk
/dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/us
/dɪˈmɑː.krə.si/
the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the ...
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(Definition offoundationanddemocracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a question of the people's right to openness as thefoundationofdemocracy.
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Everyone knows that free elections, such as we have in this country, are thefoundationofdemocracy.
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Human rights are thefoundationofdemocracy, and democracy is indispensable to protect and promote human rights.
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It is to-day, as it has always been, the veryfoundationofdemocracy—it is the very basis on which we proceed.
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It can protect us against chaos and can be thefoundationofdemocracyand freedom.
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I believe that the family is thefoundationofdemocracyand an ordered society.
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However, they should be harmonised with all other powers of the rule of law and must not harm, in particular, thefoundationofdemocracy, which is human dignity.
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Political implications arise because the family, still for the most part formed by marriage, has been afoundationofdemocracyand a safeguard against the excessive power of the state.
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Freedom of expression is thefoundationofdemocracy.
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It is not because there is a promise to this person or to that person, but because the consent of the people is the very essence andfoundationofdemocracy.
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Agrarianism claimed agriculture was the source of all wealth and called for the wide distribution of land as thefoundationofdemocracyand freedom.
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The association is built on afoundationofdemocracywhere the members have equal rights to influence.
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To link the foundations of democracy to the contingencies of a particular historical tradition risks falling into relativism.
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Genuine and proper elections form part of the foundations of democracy.
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Enlargement gives us the opportunity to sink the foundations of democracy even deeper.
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I am one of those who believe that the foundations of democracy mean that we must have justice easily procurable, speedy, cheap and impartially administered.
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We cannot undermine the moral foundations of democracy which rest on those very values.
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It is an impartial force for law, order and justice, which are the essential foundations of democracy.
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That is not just bad in the short term, but will undermine the foundations of democracy.
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Once that happens, we get a disenchantment with the process so great that the foundations of democracy are undermined.
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