"The basic structure of society is the primary subject of justice."

"The aim of political philosophy is to articulate and to make explicit those shared notions and principles that are latent in the common sense of a democratic society."

"Ignorance of these particulars about oneself means that no one is able to tailor principles to his own advantage."

"The overlapping consensus is a feature of a well-ordered society in which citizens hold different comprehensive doctrines but still agree on a political conception of justice."

"The difference principle represents, in effect, an agreement to regard the distribution of natural talents as a common asset and to share in the benefits of this distribution whatever it turns out to …"