Michael Badnarik
Michael Badnarik
Michael J. Badnarikis an American software engineer, political figure, and former radio talk show host. He was the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2004 elections, and placed fourth in the race, behind independent candidate Ralph Nader and two others. Two years later he ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the 2006 congressional elections for Texas's 10th congressional district seat near Austin. In a three candidate field, Badnarik came in third, receiving 7,603 votes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 August 1954
CountryUnited States of America
Michael Badnarik quotes about
I do not interfere with your personal life domestically, and internationally, our military forces should not be interfering with foreign governments.
I will give you one guess ... who packs my parachute? I do! ... I want that parachute to open every single time.
I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.
Crime rates go down when offenders must compensate their victims and responsible citizens are allowed to carry concealed arms.
If I give you a forty five percent chance at lethal injection, a fifty percent chance at the electric chair, and a five percent chance for escape which are you going to vote for? The electric chair, because youre likely to win?
I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that.
Since when do we let the government decide what is or isnt good for us? What the hell does Congress know about nutrition, anyway?....If the government can use force whenever something is "in our best interest" then government should force everyone to wake up at 6am every morning for calisthenics in the front yard. Fast food establishments should be torn down and replaced with bars that serve carrot juice and alfalfa sprouts, since - "its in your best interest." This paternalistic attitude that "the government knows best" and that you are merely a helpless child is insulting and reprehensible.
The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians reject both extremes in favor of the government leaving control of your life to you.
NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.
Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs.
The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.
The government never does anything successfully.
I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself.
Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights.