"The basic structure of society is the primary subject of justice."

"The liberties of equal citizenship must not be sacrificed to political bargaining."

"The aim of political philosophy is to articulate and to make explicit those shared notions and principles that are latent in the common sense of a democratic society."

"The point of the veil of ignorance is to exclude those contingencies that set men at odds and tempt them to exploit social and natural circumstances to their own advantage."

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