Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties.

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

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

Ideal legislators do not vote their interests.

Justice is happiness according to virtue.

The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.

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.