"The idea of a liberal democracy is that citizens are free and equal and have a right to participate in the political process."

"The difference principle is not intended to maximize the welfare of the least advantaged, but to ensure that their prospects are as good as they can be."

"Justice is not merely a matter of efficiency or utility."

"The principles of justice are those that free and rational persons concerned to further their own interests would accept in an initial position of equality."

"The point of the veil of ignorance is to exclude those contingencies that set men at odds and tempt them to exploit social and natural circumstances to their own advantage."