The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

There are two kinds of comprehensive doctrines, religious and secular. Those of religious faith will say I give a veiled argument for secularism, and the latter will say I give a veiled argument for religion. I deny both. Each side presumes the basic ideas of constitutional democracy, so my suggestion is that we can make our political arguments in terms of public reason. Then we stand on common ground. That's how we can understand each other and cooperate.

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

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

The natural distribution is neither just nor unjust; nor is it unjust that persons are born into society at some particular position. These are simply natural facts. What is just and unjust is the way that institutions deal with these facts.

A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

There are various ways you might define the common good, but that would be one way you could do it.