Democracy in America

[ dih-mok-ruh-see in uh-mer-i-kuh ]

noun

1. French Démocracie en Amérique, a study (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville of American political institutions.

Example Sentences

Yet, since Germany learned so much from America, to truly understand Trump and the forces that continue to make him a unique and generational threat to the future of democracy in America, no transatlantic trip to Europe is needed.

From Salon

I see a plot between right-wing Christian conservatives, the right-wing legal community, the right-wing tech bro accelerationists, and enemy nations like Russia and Iran to destroy democracy in America.

From Salon

It can be found in Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America,” where he declares that the “American aristocracy is at the lawyers’ bar and on the judges’ bench,” as reflected in the legal establishment's attitudes and its tension with American society as a whole.

From Salon

I feel much more confident about the state of democracy in America than I have in months.

From Salon

Hope that democracy in America still has a chance.

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