Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties.
John RawlsHow did Madison get separation through Virginia and later Congress? The Baptists, the Presbyterians, and the smaller sects hated Jefferson; to them he was a secularist of the worst kind. But Madison could get Jefferson's bill passed because the Baptists, the Presbyterians, and smaller sects who were excluded in New England and in the South got together for their own protection.
John RawlsThe extreme nature of dominant-end views is often concealed by the vagueness and ambiguity of the end proposed.
John Rawls