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Justice as fairness provides what we want.


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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.



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

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



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

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



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.



Justice is happiness according to virtue.

Justice is happiness according to virtue.



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

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



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

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



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

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



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.

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.



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

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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If my heart is set on pursuing real treasures, my mind must be fixed solely on the privilege of enjoying them and freed of the obsession of owning them.

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An arguing couple spiraling into negativity and teetering on the brink of divorce is actually mathematically equivalent to the beginning of a nuclear war.

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God is not only something metaphysical, but also the physical world, the plants and animals, the mountains and rivers, the air and the sun and the earth.

God is not only something metaphysical, but also the physical world, the plants and animals, the mountains and rivers, the air and the sun and the earth.



Tackle issues not people. Am I trying to prove my point or improve the relationship?

Tackle issues not people. Am I trying to prove my point or improve the relationship?



My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see.

My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see.



On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him.

On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him.



The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea

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Hold fast to youth and beauty.

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I was a bit of a troubled kid growing up, let's put it that way. I didn't take pleasure in hard work.

I was a bit of a troubled kid growing up, let's put it that way. I didn't take pleasure in hard work.




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