“The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.”
— John Rawls
“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.”
— John Rawls
“The suppression of liberty is always likely to be irrational.”
— John Rawls
“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.”
— 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.”
— John Rawls