Nozick, Robert

"Moral inviolability protects individuals from being used for collective purposes."

"The entitlement conception of justice is superior to patterned or end-state views."

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

"The minimal state is the most extensive state that can be justified."

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

"A person may not be punished even if this were beneficial to society as a whole."

"Self-ownership means you are not the property of anyone else, nor anyone else's property."

"The state may not use its coercive apparatus for the purpose of getting some citizens to aid others."

"Voluntary exchange benefits both parties; coerced exchange benefits neither."

"Property rights arise from the mixing of labor with unowned resources."

"No one deserves the superior talents they are born with."

"Equality of opportunity is not a valid principle of distributive justice."

"The patterned principles of distributive justice will be repeatedly violated by free exchanges."

"Utilitarianism treats individuals as containers for utility, not as separate beings with rights."

"There is no moral obligation to help those in poverty through state redistribution."

"Historical principles of justice look to how holdings came about, not their current pattern."

"Freedom is a side constraint on all your actions, not a goal to maximize."

"The question of justice in holdings is about whether they were justly acquired."

"Consent matters morally, and coercion violates what makes consent valuable."

"A person who picks apples from unharvested trees in the commons makes them theirs."

"End-state principles of justice are flawed because they ignore how distributions came about."

"Libertarian principles protect individuals from being sacrificed for the greater good."

"The entitlement theory of justice has three principles: acquisition, transfer, and rectification."

"No moral constraint prevents using another person as means to your ends except respect for their rights."

"Redistribution for charitable purposes should be voluntary, not compulsory."

"The question is not whether to distribute justly but whether distribution is just."

"Natural rights place limits on what governments may do to their citizens."

"People have the right to do what they wish with their legitimately acquired holdings."

"Cumulative principles of justice cannot avoid violating the liberty of some."

"The minimal state protects rights without using anyone as a means to others' welfare."