“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institu...”

“Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.”

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

“The two ideas, justice and vocation, are inseparable.... It is by way of the principle and practice of vocation that sanctity and reverence enter into the human economy. It was thus possible for tr...”

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”

“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.”

“Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.”

“Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.”