"The well-ordered society is not a society of saints."

"The idea of a well-ordered society is an ideal that we should strive for, even if we can never fully achieve it."

"The idea of public reason applies to the political domain, not to all aspects of life."

"The problem of stability is to show that a just society can be stable over time."

"Once we understand the principles of justice, we can then apply them to the real world, and see what kind of society they would lead to."