The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.

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

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.

If you compare the United States with Europe, my view is that what happened in Europe is that the church became deeply distrusted by people, because it sided with the monarchs. It instituted the Inquisition and became part of the repressive state apparatus. That never happened here. We don't have that history.

Justice is happiness according to virtue.

Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

We must choose for others as we have reason to believe they would choose for themselves if they were at the age of reason and deciding rationally.