“No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society.”
“Social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are to be of the greatest benefit to the least-advantaged members of society, consistent with the just savings principle.”
“Among the essential features of this situation [original position] is that no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status, nor does any one know his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities, his intelligence, strength, and the like. I shall even assume that the parties do not know their conceptions of the good or their special psychological propensities. The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.”