"The principles of justice are not derived from a comprehensive moral doctrine."

"A conception of justice is stable if, when the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period, those subject to these arrangements acquire a sense of jus…"

"The point of the veil of ignorance is to exclude those contingencies that set men at odds and tempt them to exploit social and natural circumstances to their own advantage."

"A just society is a society that respects persons as free and equal, and that protects their fundamental rights and liberties."

"Once we understand the principles of justice, we can then apply them to the real world, and see what kind of society they would lead to."