Robert Nozick

"One has the right to keep what one legitimately acquires and holds."

"Moral agent-centered constraints protect individuals from impermissible use."

"Distribution is just when it flows from just prior distributions."

"Political legitimacy rests on respect for individual rights, not aggregate welfare."

"One may not sacrifice innocent parties for the benefit of the majority."

"Rights establish immunity from certain harmful actions by others."

"Justice in holdings depends on both acquisition and transfer being just."

"Coercion is justified only to prevent rights violations."

"Each person's life belongs to themselves and to no one else."

"Legitimacy of state authority requires individual consent, explicit or hypothetical."

"One's projects and pursuits need not serve others' interests."

"The good society respects each member as an autonomous agent."

"Rights protect what individuals may do without needing permission."

"Distributive justice concerns the correct distribution of benefits and burdens."

"The state's role is strictly limited to protecting against harm to rights."

"One cannot be forced to serve ends one does not endorse."

"Moral principles reflect the equal importance of each individual's life plan."

"Justice requires that holdings be traceable to just transactions."

"Respect for persons means respecting their right to self-determination."

"The boundaries of legitimate authority are set by individual rights."

"One's holdings are just if acquired through legitimate processes."

"Free persons will not voluntarily establish unjust institutions."

"Moral constraints derive from the intrinsic worth of individual persons."

"Rights cannot be overridden for collective benefit or social improvement."

"A just society recognizes the fundamental equality of all persons."

"Individual liberty is the highest political value in a just state."

"Legitimacy requires that authority be exercised within proper limits."

"One's labor and effort generate property claims others must respect."

"Moral rules protect each person's status as an end in themselves."

"Justice concerns the correct principles for allocating social goods."