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Letter "J" » John Rawls Quotes
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«The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.»
Author: John Rawls
«To employ the coercive apparatus of the state in order to maintain manifestly unjust institutions is itself a form of illegitimate force that men in due course have a right to resist.»
Author: John Rawls
«The only thing that permits us to acquiesce in an erroneous theory is the lack of a better one; analogously, an injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.»
Author: John Rawls
«Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact.»
Author: John Rawls
«The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.»
Author: John Rawls
«Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.»
Author: John Rawls
«We had occupied those buildings for 31 years, ... Nothing changed as result of the sale except ownership.»
Author: John Rawls
«In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.»
Author: John Rawls
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