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John Rawls Quotes about Liberty

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Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties.

Liberal constitutional democracy is supposed to ensure that each citizen is free and equal and protected by basic rights and liberties.

Rights, Democracy, Liberty

John Rawls, Samuel Richard Freeman (1999). “Collected Papers”, p.621, Harvard University Press

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.

Liberty, Equal, Persons

John RAWLS (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.60, Harvard University Press

Clearly when the liberties are left unrestricted they collide with one another.

Liberty, Collide, Left

John RAWLS (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.203, Harvard University Press

An intolerant sect has no right to complain when it is denied an equal liberty... A person's right to complain is limited to principles he acknowledges himself.

Tolerance, Liberty, Principles

"A Theory of Justice". Book by John Rawls, 1971.

Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose.

Desire, Liberty, Equal

John Rawls (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.225, Harvard University Press

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