You hear that liberalism lacks an idea of the common good, but I think that's a mistake.

A just system must generate its own support.

The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.

The idea of public reason isn't about the right answers to all these questions, but about the kinds of reasons that they ought to be answered by.

Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.

People can make arguments from the Bible if they want to. But I want them to see that they should also give arguments that all reasonable citizens might agree to.

Citizens can have their own grounding in their comprehensive doctrines, whatever they happen to be.