"Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override."

"In justice as fairness the original position of equality corresponds to the state of nature in the traditional theory of the social contract."

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

"No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society."

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