Justice is the most important virtue because it directs all other actions toward the common good and moral conduct.

“Justice to me though is the North Star the value that unlocks the others”

The law should be used to instruct and guide people toward virtue, even if it cannot immediately force everyone to a high level of moral behavior.

“You want the law to teach people and to instruct them and to bring them up a little bit. But you don't want it to be un attainable.”

Human flourishing requires disciplining one's nature and habits within the bounds of natural law rather than pursuing an absolute, undisciplined freedom.

“Freedom isn't an absolute good. Freedom is a good which is to be matured ultimately to be disciplined in the service of the good that lies in store.”