"The general conception of justice requires that all social primary goods—liberty and opportunity, income and wealth, and the bases of self-respect—are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distr…"

"The idea of public reason is that citizens are to conduct their political discussions in terms of reasons that all can reasonably be expected to endorse."

"The veil of ignorance is a device of representation."

"The overlapping consensus is a reasonable way to secure stability for the right reasons."

"The intuitive force of the difference principle is that it ensures that the least advantaged benefit from the achievements of the more advantaged."