"In justice as fairness the original position of equality corresponds to the state of nature in the traditional theory of the social contract."

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

"The problem of justice is to find principles that can be publicly justified to all members of society."

"What is just is what is chosen in the original position."

"Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought."