"The duty to support just institutions is a natural duty."

"The natural lottery is neither just nor unjust; nor is it unjust that persons are born into certain positions in society."

"Once we understand the principles of justice, we can then apply them to the real world, and see what kind of society they would lead to."

"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."

"A just society is a society that everyone would agree to live in, if they did not know what their own position in that society would be."