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Jerry Brown quotes: Without the truth of the people, politics degenerates into mere spectacle and democracy declines, leaving demagoguery and cynicism to fill the void.

Without the truth of the people, politics degenerates into mere spectacle and democracy declines, leaving demagoguery and cynicism to fill the void.

Jerry Brown quotes: The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

Jerry Brown quotes: Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Jerry Brown quotes: It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

Jerry Brown quotes: It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.

It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.

Jerry Brown quotes: Life simply is. It follows its course. Give yourself to the moment. Let life reveal itself to you.

Life simply is. It follows its course. Give yourself to the moment. Let life reveal itself to you.

Jerry Brown quotes: I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.

I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.

Jerry Brown quotes: The U.S. incarceration binge is not tied to crime. It's a strategy to control the surplus population in a capitalist system that is breaking down.

The U.S. incarceration binge is not tied to crime. It's a strategy to control the surplus population in a capitalist system that is breaking down.

Jerry Brown quotes: The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.

Jerry Brown quotes: We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.

We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.

Jerry Brown quotes: We're going to move left and right at the same time.

We're going to move left and right at the same time.

Jerry Brown quotes: The way people are treated in them [prisons] is very similar to gulags.

The way people are treated in them [prisons] is very similar to gulags.

Jerry Brown quotes: Not to mention the CIA which should be, I think, dissolved, it's of no use - a great source of mischief - I don't see any point to the FBI

Not to mention the CIA which should be, I think, dissolved, it's of no use - a great source of mischief - I don't see any point to the FBI ...

Jerry Brown quotes: Banning capital punishment takes us to a higher state of consciousness.

Banning capital punishment takes us to a higher state of consciousness.

Jerry Brown quotes: Organic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system.

Organic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system.

Jerry Brown quotes: The war on drugs is really no war at all - it's a business!

The war on drugs is really no war at all - it's a business!

Jerry Brown quotes: The great problem with government is that it never goes bankrupt.

The great problem with government is that it never goes bankrupt.

Jerry Brown quotes: Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.

Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.

Jerry Brown quotes: Then once you get people locked up, it's an incredibly inhuman system.

Then once you get people locked up, it's an incredibly inhuman system.

Jerry Brown quotes: Taking significant amounts of carbon out of our economy without harming its vibrancy is exactly the sort of challenge at which California excels.

Taking significant amounts of carbon out of our economy without harming its vibrancy is exactly the sort of challenge at which California excels.

Jerry Brown quotes: At least when I was govenor, cocaine was expensive.

At least when I was govenor, cocaine was expensive.

Jerry Brown quotes: The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

Jerry Brown quotes: Republican attacks are without basis, but when the Democrats attack me they're usually right.

Republican attacks are without basis, but when the Democrats attack me they're usually right.

Jerry Brown quotes: You're all welcome in California,

You're all welcome in California,

Jerry Brown quotes: Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.

Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.

Jerry Brown quotes: My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe

My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe

Jerry Brown quotes: The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein.

The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein.

Jerry Brown quotes: We need to become more unreasonable but in an intelligent way.

We need to become more unreasonable but in an intelligent way.

Jerry Brown quotes: The government is becoming the family of last resort.

The government is becoming the family of last resort.

Jerry Brown quotes: I've been in office and I've been out of office. And if I were to choose, I'd rather be in office.

I've been in office and I've been out of office. And if I were to choose, I'd rather be in office.

Jerry Brown quotes: It's not viable' for poverty stricken developing world to emulate prosperity of U.S.

It's not viable' for poverty stricken developing world to emulate prosperity of U.S.

Jerry Brown quotes: I would like to maximize the level of human choice in the medical field ... The choice of a treatment in many ways is like the exercise of religion.

I would like to maximize the level of human choice in the medical field ... The choice of a treatment in many ways is like the exercise of religion.

Jerry Brown quotes: Nuclear power will be the Vietnam issue of the 1980s.

Nuclear power will be the Vietnam issue of the 1980s.

Jerry Brown quotes: We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions.

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 quotes: Sometimes the highest form of action is inaction.

Sometimes the highest form of action is inaction.

Jerry Brown quotes: Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

Jerry Brown quotes: The big lock-up is about drugs. Here's the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions and prisoners.

The big lock-up is about drugs. Here's the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions and prisoners.

Jerry Brown quotes: Inaction may be the biggest form of action.

Inaction may be the biggest form of action.