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From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

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No state more extensive than the minimal state can be justified.

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Whatever arises from a just situation by just steps is itself just.

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What else can matter to us, other than how our lives feel from the inside?

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Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth.

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The socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.

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A distribution is just if it arises from another just distribution by legitimate means.

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Marxian exploitation is the exploitation of people's lack of understanding of economics.

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No one has ever announced that because determinism is true thermostats do
not control temperature.

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Why are philosophers intent on forcing others to believe things? Is that a nice way to behave towards someone?

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Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually has happened. We shall return to this point later.

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You can't satisfy everybody; especially if there are those who will be dissatisfied unless not everybody is satisfied.

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And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.

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It goes without saying that any persons may attempt to unite kindred spirits, but, whatever their hopes and longings, none have the right to impose their vision of unity upon the rest.

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Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities.

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