Robert Nozick

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

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

"There is no justified sacrifice of some of us for others."

"Liberty upsets patterns."

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

"A person cannot hold a constant will to live."

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

"Distributive justice concerns the holdings of individuals."

"How do we know our own minds?"

"One cannot think through the meaning of existence without considering death."

"Philosophy must grapple with fundamental questions about the nature of reality."

"The question of rights is fundamental to political theory."

"We must take seriously the separateness of persons."

"Moral constraints upon action are strong and somewhat extensive."

"There is nothing of significance behind the act of will."

"Rewards should be connected to contribution and effort."

"Pattern-maintenance requires constant interference in people's free choices."

"Self-ownership gives rise to significant rights."

"The entitlement theory of justice seems strongest."

"Voluntary exchange is fundamental to a just society."

"People are ends in themselves, not mere tools."

"Knowledge requires more than true belief."

"The nature of property rights is crucial to understanding justice."

"Freedom is a fundamental human value."

"We should not use others merely as means."

"The state's power must be severely limited."

"Redistribution violates individual rights."

"Justice in holdings depends on how they arose."

"Patterned principles of justice are incompatible with liberty."

"The concept of fairness requires respecting individual choices."