John Rawls Quotes

Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgement...

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a simila...

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory howe...

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.

The refusal to take part in all war under any conditions is an unworldly view bound to remain a sect...

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function...

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

First: each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive liberty compatible with similar l...

We try to show that the well-ordered society of justice as fairness is indeed possible according to ...

Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.