Greater Quote by John Rawls

“Each person possesses and inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. For this reason, justice denies…

— John Rawls

An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.

— John Rawls

“It all comes down to this: Whenever theory supersedes evidence, and prejudice deposes rationalism, there can be no real justice.”

— John E. Douglas

“Have we not already seen enough of the fallacy and extravagance of those idle theories which have amused us with promises of an exemption…

— Alexander Hamilton

...an incorrect theory, even if it cannot be inhibited by any contradiction that would refute it, is none the less incorrect, just as a…

— L. E. J. Brouwer

“The originator of an idea cannot be held responsible for egregious misuse of his theory.”

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Of all the things we are wrong about, this idea of error might well top the list: It is our meta-mistake: we are wrong…

— Kathryn Schulz

The chief error in philosophy is overstatement.

— Alfred North Whitehead

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

— Francis Crick

It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.

— Ernst Mayr

Injustice results as much from treating unequals equally as from treating equals unequally.

— Aristotle

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from…

— Plautus