Now The Good Of Political Life Is

[e]ach Person Is To Have An Equal Right To The Most Extensive Basic Liberty Compatible With A Similar Liberty For Others.

Ideal Legislators Do Not Vote Their Interests.

The Good Of Political Life Is The Good Of Free And Equal Citizens Recognizing The Duty Of Civility To One Another And Supporting The Institutions Of A Constitutional Regime.

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.

Religious Faith Is An Important Aspect Of American Culture And A Fact Of American Political Life.