"The social minimum is not simply a matter of charity, but of justice."

"The principles of justice are to be chosen under conditions of moderate scarcity."

"We are not trying to find a theory that explains our considered judgments of justice; we are trying to find a theory that justifies them."

"The fact of reasonable pluralism is a permanent feature of a democratic culture."

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