"A just society is a society that everyone would agree to live in, if they did not know what their own position in that society would be."

"We are not to think of the original position as an actual assembly."

"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."

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

"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."