John Rawls

"A just society respects the reasonable pluralism that characterizes modern democracies."

"Procedural justice matters because fair procedures help ensure fair outcomes."

"Citizens have duties of fairness to support and comply with just institutions they benefit from."

"The concept of justice must be acceptable across diverse comprehensive worldviews."

"Background institutions must work continuously to prevent the accumulation of unjust advantage."

"Freedom and equality are both essential components of justice, not in conflict."

"The primary good that a well-ordered society distributes is basic rights and liberties."

"A just society must be arranged to benefit the least advantaged members."

"Fair equality of opportunity requires more than formal access to positions."

"The original position is a device for representing fairness in social cooperation."

"Citizens in a well-ordered society possess a sense of justice as a moral sentiment."

"Justice requires that we consider the perspective of those worst off."

"Political liberalism distinguishes between comprehensive doctrines and the basic structure of society."

"A society's basic institutions must be publicly justified to all citizens as free and equal."

"The difference principle allows inequalities only if they benefit the least advantaged."

"Stability of a just society depends on citizens having a sense of justice."

"Rational persons would choose principles of justice behind a veil of ignorance."

"Self-respect is perhaps the primary good that a just society must secure."

"The value of liberty must be understood in relation to citizens' capacity to pursue their conception of the good."

"A well-ordered society is stable when its members support its basic structure from a sense of justice."

"Civil disobedience can be justified when fundamental freedoms are denied."

"Justice as fairness aims to reconcile the demands of liberty and equality."

"Public reason constrains what citizens can appeal to in justifying their political decisions."

"The basic structure of society has profound effects on citizens' character and aspirations."

"A conception of justice is stable only if citizens voluntarily support it."

"Fair terms of social cooperation require that all citizens be treated as free and equal."

"The social contract is reconceived as an ideal agreement to be fair to all parties."

"Citizens possess two moral powers: the capacity for a sense of justice and for a conception of the good."

"Properties and relations between citizens must be arranged according to principles all could accept."

"The duty of civility requires citizens to listen to and engage with opposing views."