I supported to reduce oil consumption in California by 50 percent, 50 percent in the next 15 years. They didn't even bother to show up. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Banning capital punishment takes us to a higher state of consciousness. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Let's draw the boundary early not wait until it's obvious like Hitler's Germany and insist that the state shall never, never, take… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
The great danger of humane punishment is that people will come to accept state murder as something sanitary. I don't think bureaucracy… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
As we all learned from the sorry experience of state-sanctioned bureaucracies in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, decentralization [in education] is… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
When I was Governor, Louis Kelso went out of his way to brief me. I was very impressed, but I was never… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
We are in a degenerate state of self-government. In fact, even to use the words self-government, is not only an exaggeration, it's… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
I understand we have to keep a significant amount of fossil fuel in the ground. I'm committed to that. But I'm not… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in California ... I have directed the… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Basically, if you have above-average intelligence, you have common sense and you can speak in front of a camera and to a… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity,… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
The sovereignty of America has just been eroded in plain daylight by Clinton and the Congress, who take an oath to the Constitution. Those… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Without the truth of the people, politics degenerates into mere spectacle and democracy declines, leaving demagoguery and cynicism to fill the void. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
The way people are treated in them [prisons] is very similar to gulags. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
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