When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements tend to develop a desire to act in accordance with these principles and to do their part in institutions which exemplify them

Ideally a just constitution would be a just procedure arranged to insure a just outcome.

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.

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

Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.

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

I'm concerned about the survival, historically, of constitutional democracy.