Christian Democracy
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In turn, Christian Democracy was an amalgam of social conservatism with a now-anachronistic willingness to provide welfare state provisions.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
German Christian Democracy, for instance, mixes a commitment to the welfare state with quiet conservatism on social and cultural matters.
From Economist • Feb. 11, 2010
To the confusion of just about everybody except the Sicilians, the real victor was neither Communism nor Christian Democracy.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Christian Democracy," says Chile's Frei, "believes that the modern world is in crisis, and that only a complete readjustment of society can save man from materialism and collectivism."
From Time Magazine Archive
When, lying there, you pass into the shadows of death, is the peace it sheds about you any less sweet because a Pope is opposed to Christian Democracy?
From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe
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