Nozick, Robert

"Rights are natural and inalienable, not granted by the state."

"The minimal state alone is morally justified."

"We must not use some citizens as means to help others."

"Personal liberty is a fundamental human value."

"The state exists to protect rights, not to engineer social outcomes."

"Entitlement to holdings comes through just processes."

"Individuals have inviolable rights that deserve respect."

"Freedom from coercion is a prerequisite for human flourishing."

"Just distribution arises from just individual transactions."

"The state's power should be strictly limited to protecting rights."

"People own themselves and therefore own their labor."

"Patterned principles of justice are unworkable and unjust."

"Respect for persons requires respecting their choices and projects."

"Forced redistribution is incompatible with justice."

"The minimal state protects negative rights without ensuring positive welfare."

"Holdings obtained justly through voluntary exchange are justly held."

"Autonomy is a core moral value that deserves protection."

"Justice does not require equalizing material conditions."

"Individual rights are the foundation of any legitimate political order."

"We should be wary of theories that sacrifice individuals for the collective good."

"Liberty is valuable both instrumentally and intrinsically."

"The entitlement conception of justice is superior to patterned views."

"Persons have a right to their own lives and efforts."

"Coercive redistribution cannot be morally justified."

"Justice requires respecting how people legitimately acquired their holdings."

"Moral philosophy must begin with respect for individual rights."

"Freedom is a precondition for moral responsibility."

"The minimal state emerges naturally from a commitment to rights."

"End-state theories of justice ignore morally significant processes."

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