"If you want to know why liberalism cannot die, read this book. In his spirited and timely reaction to efforts to tear down liberal institutions and discredit liberal principles, Sunstein brilliantly illuminates why liberalism has dominated modern political thought and why its core commitments to pluralism, fairness, innovation, and self-correction are too politically, economically, and culturally fertile to succumb for long to the arrogance, aggression, and false certainties of its enemies." --Stephen Holmes, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law, New York University "Cass Sunstein provides an informed, enlightening, and passionate demonstration that even though it is a big tent, liberalism can still provide us with a fighting faith. This is a faith to cling to through these unconscionable days." --Philip Pettit, L. S. Rockefeller University Professor of Human Values, Princeton University; author, The State and Just Freedom "Liberals don't have to agree about everything to remain neighbors, Cass Sunstein shows in his excellent mapping exercise.

As a crisis darkens the territory, however, Sunstein gives most love to John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor, who light the way with a liberalism promoting experiments, in combination with economic fairness." --Samuel Moyn, Chancellor, Kent Professor of Law and History, Yale University, author, Liberalism Against Itself "Fiery, passionate, and hopeful, Cass Sunstein's On Liberalism offers not a tepid defense, but an inspiring vision of liberalism for our era. He offers the best brief account I know of the liberal idea of the rule of law, and he makes a compelling case for New Deal economic and social rights as essential underpinnings of real freedom. --Martha C. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago; author, Justice for Animals "On Liberalism is a splendid little book. From the rousing manifesto that constitutes its opening chapter to the final discussion of the idea of opportunity, it is clear, balanced, and persuasive." --Alan Ryan, Emeritus Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford; author, The Philosophy of John Stuart Mill and The Making of Modern Liberalism "The word 'liberalism,' like the word 'conservatism,' is used by different people today to mean different--often incompatible--things. The result is massive confusion that has for decades needed clearing up.

Cass Sunstein has done the job. His new book is a blessing not only to those who embrace liberalism, but also to those who are skeptical of it. He advances a sane and humane liberalism, one in which even critics, if they are at all fair-minded, will find more than a little to admire." --Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University.