"The principles of justice are those that free and rational persons concerned to further their own interests would accept in an initial position of equality."

"A well-ordered society is a society regulated by a public conception of justice."

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

"The idea of a constitutional democracy is that political power is to be exercised according to a constitution that is publicly affirmed by all citizens."

"The social contract is a hypothetical agreement among free and equal persons."