Nozick, Robert

"Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them without violating their rights."

"The state is not the only thing that matters - individual liberty has intrinsic value."

"A minimal state, limited to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, and fraud, is justified."

"Distributive justice cannot simply be imposed by the state; people's holdings depend on how they came about."

"Property rights are fundamental to human freedom and dignity."

"We should not assume that government intervention always improves outcomes."

"Self-ownership is the foundation of all rights - you own yourself and your labor."

"Taxation of earnings is on a par with forced labor."

"Patterned theories of justice are incompatible with liberty."

"Coercion is fundamentally wrong because it violates the autonomy of persons."

"There is no natural duty to obey the law simply because it is law."

"Voluntary association and exchange should guide social organization."

"The entitled conception of justice asks: how did holdings arise?"

"Rights are constraints on action that cannot be violated for aggregate good."

"We must respect the separateness of persons and their individual projects."

"Liberty upsets patterns; free people will upset any pattern of distribution."

"The minimal state protects negative rights but respects positive freedom."

"Utilitarianism fails to respect individual rights and personhood."

"Each person is an end in themselves, not a means to social goals."

"Redistribution without consent is a form of coercion."

"Moral constraints are side constraints on action, not goals to maximize."

"The state cannot force its subjects to help one another."

"Rights should constrain what anyone can do, not just what the state can do."

"A theory of justice must explain how holdings are acquired justly."

"Voluntary transactions create just outcomes regardless of final patterns."

"The minimal state is morally justified and anything more is unjustified."

"People deserve what they have acquired through legitimate means."

"Consent is the basis of legitimate authority."

"We cannot use some persons merely as means to help others."

"Individual rights are trumps that defeat appeals to the general good."