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John Rawls Quotes: A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.
         

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.


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



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An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.



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Justice is happiness according to virtue.



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A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.



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The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.



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

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Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.



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Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties.





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