Common Quote by John Rawls

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

— John Rawls

Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties.

— John Rawls

Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common…

— Tom G. Palmer

It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been willing to…

— Mary Ann Glendon

Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the good.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The ultimate good in a liberal state is liberty.

— Michael Ignatieff

The foundations of liberty are private property and the rule of law; this system guarantees the fewest possible forms of injustice, produces the greatest…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not…

— Noam Chomsky

In my opinion, serving the common good is the true purpose of politics and is also the perspective through which our community should consider…

— Carrie Lam

The good of political life is the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another and supporting the…

— John Rawls

It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which…

— Aristotle

Liberal politics meant the politics of common-sense.

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman