"The difference principle requires that inequalities work to the benefit of the least advantaged."

"The primary subject of justice is the basic structure of society, or more exactly, the way in which the major social institutions distribute fundamental rights and duties and determine the division of…"

"Justice as fairness is not a comprehensive moral doctrine, but a political conception of justice."

"The two principles of justice are a special case of a more general conception of justice that can be expressed as follows: All social values—liberty and opportunity, income and wealth, and the bases o…"

"Justice as fairness provides a framework for public practical reasoning."