A political conception just applies to the basic structure of a society, its institutions, constitutional essentials, matters of basic justice and property, and so on.

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

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

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

The extreme nature of dominant-end views is often concealed by the vagueness and ambiguity of the end proposed.

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.

If you compare the United States with Europe, my view is that what happened in Europe is that the church became deeply distrusted by people, because it sided with the monarchs. It instituted the Inquisition and became part of the repressive state apparatus. That never happened here. We don't have that history.