"The main idea is that society is a cooperative venture for mutual advantage."

"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."

"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."

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

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