Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust.

Religious faith is an important aspect of American culture and a fact of American political life.

In all sectors of society there should be roughly equal prospects of culture and achievement for everyone similarly motivated and endowed. The expectations of those with the same abilities and aspirations should not be affected by their social class.

An intuitionist conception of justice is, one might say, but half a conception.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.

There are infinitely many variations of the initial situation and therefore no doubt indefinitely many theorems of moral geometry.