Robert Nozick

"Voluntary consent is necessary for legitimate political obligation."

"Individual rights establish permanent constraints on permissible action."

"The just distribution emerges from just initial acquisitions and fair transfers."

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

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

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

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

"Liberty upsets patterns; hence it will constantly upset the patterns the planners wish to establish."

"No one is entitled to another's labor without consent."

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

"Self-ownership means you are not a resource for others."

"Patterned principles of distribution cannot be continuously maintained without continuous interference with liberty."

"People are ends in themselves, not means to others' ends."

"Philosophical argument can move people to change their fundamental view of society."

"We should not assume redistributive schemes are obviously justified."

"The question is not whether redistribution occurs, but how it is justified."

"Rights are side constraints on how we may treat others, not goals to be maximized."

"The concept of fairness in holding requires considering how holdings came about."

"One cannot simply assume everyone has agreed to the basic rules governing society."

"Moral constraints are real and deeply restrict what we may do."

"The Lockean proviso limits appropriation of natural resources."

"Why must we accept that society is responsible for providing for all?"

"Individual rights create strong barriers to what the state may do."

"Separateness of persons implies limits on sacrificing some for others."

"Utilitarianism fails to respect the distinctness of persons."

"Historical principles of justice look to how holdings arose."

"One might argue for a state but never justify violating fundamental rights."

"The boundary of one's body is a boundary of one's person."

"We must be wary of taking philosophical conclusions too far in application."

"Moral philosophy requires asking whether outcomes can justify constraints."