Nozick, Robert

"Justice looks to whether current holdings respect historical entitlements."

"Moral side constraints cannot be violated to achieve patterned distributions."

"The state that does more than protect rights systematically violates them."

"Respecting autonomy requires recognizing constraints on how we may treat others."

"Distributions that arise from just processes are themselves just."

"Consequences cannot justify violating the basic moral constraints on action."

"Property rights rest on deeper rights to self-ownership and autonomy."

"A just holding requires both just initial acquisition and just transfer."

"The separate identity of persons is incompatible with consequentialist ethics."

"Market prices reflect individual valuations and cannot be morally overridden."

"Justice consists in respecting how holdings came about, not in their pattern."

"Moral principles provide constraints on action, not merely goals to pursue."

"The state may not treat some citizens as resources for others."

"Rectification requires returning victims to their rightful position."

"Individual rights are not derivative from social consequences or welfare."

"Entitlement theory explains justice without reference to patterns or states."

"Each person's life is their own to live according to their own conception."

"The question of distributive justice is fundamentally about process, not pattern."

"Rights protect individuals from being sacrificed for the greater good."

"Voluntary exchanges respect the autonomy and rights of all participants."

"Just holdings cannot be unjust merely because they fail to match a pattern."

"Moral constraints operate as side limitations on what we may do."

"The natural rights of individuals are prior to any state organization."

"Injustice results from violations of acquisition, transfer, or rectification principles."

"Individuals have the right to keep and use the fruits of their labor."

"Patterned justice requires constant interference with individual liberty."

"Respecting persons as ends requires limiting how we may use them."

"The minimal state is the only legitimate form of political organization."

"Justice emerges from respecting individual rights, not from achieving goals."

"Self-ownership grounds the right to control one's labor and talents."