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What are the two principles of justice proposed by Rawls?

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The two principles of justice proposed by Rawls are these: (1) each person has an equal claim to a scheme of basic rights and liberties, and (2) social and economic inequalities are allowed only if they benefit the least advantaged and are connected to positions and offices equally accessible to all.