John Rawls — "In justice as fairness the original position of equality corresponds to the stat…"

"The general conception of justice requires that all social primary goods—liberty and opportunity, income and wealth, and the bases of self-respect—are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distr…"

"The concept of justice is essentially a matter of fairness."

"The principles of justice are to be chosen under conditions of moderate scarcity."

"The role of philosophy in a democratic society is to help citizens clarify their own political values and to find public reasons for their political positions."

"The fact of reasonable pluralism is a permanent feature of a democratic culture."