Robert Nozick

"Legitimate authority must be based on principles that respect individual rights."

"Justice requires holding people accountable only for their own choices, not those of others."

"Voluntary participation in society is more legitimate than coercive membership."

"The moral status of persons places limits on what can be done to them for social benefit."

"Distributive justice must account for the actual historical process of acquisition."

"One person's talents cannot be regarded as collective resources to be distributed."

"Moral philosophy must recognize persons as separate beings with their own lives to lead."

"The entitlement theory respects both how holdings are acquired and how they are transferred."

"Coercive institutions require stronger justification than the mere production of good outcomes."

"Each individual has a fundamental right to what they have legitimately acquired."

"Rights do not depend on their consequences or social utility."

"Justice emerges from respecting the choices and agency of all individuals."

"The state cannot legitimately treat citizens as means to collective ends."

"Moral constraints reflect the separateness and inviolability of persons."

"One's talents and abilities are not public property to be allocated by the state."

"Legitimate authority requires actual consent or the possibility of exit."

"Justice is fundamentally about respecting the rights that persons possess."

"The entitlement theory provides a process-based account of justice."

"Persons have the right to the fruits of their own labor and productive efforts."

"Moral philosophy must be grounded in respect for individual autonomy."

"Coercive redistribution violates the rights of those from whom resources are taken."

"The minimal state provides protection without violating individual rights."

"Each person's life has value independent of its contribution to collective welfare."

"Rights function as constraints that cannot be overridden by good consequences."

"Justice requires respecting how people have acquired and transferred their holdings."

"Voluntary exchange and free market transactions respect the agency of participants."

"The legitimacy of social institutions rests on their respect for individual rights."

"Moral philosophy must recognize that persons cannot be merely parts of a larger whole."

"A just distribution is not determined by a formula but by a process of voluntary transactions."

"Each individual is the rightful owner of their own talents and labor."