Justice Quotes

"Rewards should be connected to contribution and effort."

"The entitlement theory of justice seems strongest."

"Voluntary exchange is fundamental to a just society."

"The nature of property rights is crucial to understanding justice."

"Redistribution violates individual rights."

"Justice in holdings depends on how they arose."

"The concept of fairness requires respecting individual choices."

"The holding of property is morally significant."

"Historical facts about acquisition matter for justice."

"Rights cannot be easily overridden for the greater good."

"Justice concerns what people deserve."

"Property acquisition has moral foundations."

"Forced transfers violate entitlements."

"Justice requires respecting how holdings came to be."

"Principles of justice should be non-patterned."

"The concept of entitlement requires careful analysis."

"Justice is fundamentally about holdings and transfers."

"Justice requires fair procedures and respect for rights."

"The protection of individuals is central to justice."

"Justice involves respecting individual claims."

"The basis of justice is individual entitlement."

"Justice requires that we remember those who suffered under unjust systems."

"The exchange of equivalents conceals relations of power and domination."

"The exchange of labor power for wages conceals relations of exploitation."

"We are not born equal; we become equal as members of a group on the strength of our decision to guarantee ourselves mutually equal rights."

"The most despotic of all forms of tyranny is the tyranny of the majority."

"The purpose of the law is to express the wisdom and judgment of the people."

"The social question is the question of how to house, feed, and clothe all members of society."

"Men are equal as members of a group, never as human beings in general."

"Every society has the right to defend itself against those who would destroy it."