Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr.is an American politician and lawyer, who has been serving as the 39th Governor of California since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Brown previously served as the 34th governor from 1975 to 1983, and is the longest-serving governor in California history. Prior to and following his first governorship, Brown served in numerous state, local and party positions, including three times a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 April 1938
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Republican attacks are without basis, but when the Democrats attack me they're usually right.
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, of let's-take-care-of-one-another. That's the creative challenge.
My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe
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.
You're all welcome in California,
Organic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system.
Life simply is. It follows its course. Give yourself to the moment. Let life reveal itself to you.
I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems, the oceans, the rainforests, the soil, the grasslands, and all other living things will be so strong that no narrow ideology based upon politics or economics will overcome it.
The great problem with government is that it never goes bankrupt.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.
I understand we have to keep a significant amount of fossil fuel in the ground. I`m committed to that. But I`m not going to just all of a sudden try to stop the cars of California or to increase dramatically the number of ships carrying oil into the state when we already have our own production.
It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.
Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.