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John Rawls Quotes: An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.
         

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


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The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.



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



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



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The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.



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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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