Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

Religious faith is an important aspect of American culture and a fact of American political life.

I live in a country where 90 or 95 percent of the people profess to be religious, and maybe they are religious, though my experience of religion suggests that very few people are actually religious in more than a conventional sense.

The fault of the utilitarian doctrine is that it mistakes impersonality for impartiality.

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

Justice as fairness provides what we want.

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.