Common Good v. Individual Rights

This topic has been on my mind for the past week and each time I have sat down to write about it, something does not sound right in the delivery so hopefully this one is crystal clear.
I recently stumbled upon a quote that I personally agree with about those that tend to support too much focus on the individual rights and it goes as follows "Liberalism, because of it's emphasis on individual autonomy and choice has been criticized as being morally rudderless and insufficiently concerned about the common good"  I have always believed that a common ground must be met in the case of general and specific.  If we never focused on the individual, many rights would be lost and I believe that the Bill of Rights would be made void however, if too much focus is placed on the individual chaos ensues.  There will be riots and the common good of all will be forgotten in the process as some rights are given leeway and others are trampled.
The answer should be simple but as everything in America, it is not.  There are no longer just two sides of the playing field as each side has branched off and created it's own story and interest group.
What to do what to do America?  Have we really been so blind to see that the rights given to the masses are slowly being chinked away in the name of equality?  The past couple decades have produced brilliant minds that have produced brilliant euphemisms to replace harsh or ugly words like Pro-Abortion (now Pro-Choice), Homosexual Marriage (now Equality of Marriage), and Affirmative Action (now Race-Equality).  Trying to go back and fix what was done in history is not the key to success in the future.  This upcoming election will show where the thoughts of out citizens are at but until that time, fight for what you believe in and fight for the rights of the common good because as those rights are given back, individual rights will fall into their place instead of taking the place of what the Bill of Rights promises.