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Edmund Gerald „Jerry“ Brown Jr. ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei. Er war von 1975 bis 1983 Gouverneur von Kalifornien und bekleidet dieses Amt seit Januar 2011 erneut. Zwischen seinen Amtsperioden als Gouverneur war er von 1999 bis 2007 Bürgermeister von Oakland sowie von 2007 bis 2011 Attorney General von Kalifornien. Bereits von 1971 bis 1975 war Brown außerdem Secretary of State in Kalifornien.

✵ 7. April 1938
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“I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.”

From an unspecified KPFA-FM radio show program.
[Peter, Waldman, Back to Earth: Jerry Brown, the Voice of New-Age Populism, Gets Down to Business, Wall Street Journal, 10 August 1999]
1999

“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.”

[Peter, Waldman, Back to Earth: Jerry Brown, the Voice of New-Age Populism, Gets Down to Business, Wall Street Journal, 10 August 1999]
1999

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

"Capitol Journal", Los Angeles Times, 19 January 2004.
2004

“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 a lie. It's a big lie!”

Speaking to the International Transpersonal Association Conference in Santa Clara, California, 10 June 1995.
Political Consciousness and Transformative Action, LeapNonprofit.org, League for Earth & Animal Protection (LEAP), 2007-06-12 http://www.leapnonprofit.org/phil%20article4.htm,
1995

“There's nothing wrong with being an anarchist.”

Speaking to the International Transpersonal Association Conference in Santa Clara, California, 10 June 1995.
Political Consciousness and Transformative Action, LeapNonprofit.org, League for Earth & Animal Protection (LEAP), 2007-06-12 http://www.leapnonprofit.org/phil%20article4.htm,
1995

“Jerry is perceived by most legislators as very selfish.”

Leo McCarthy, former Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the California State Assembly, United Press International, unspecified article, unspecified date, 1978.

“I do not believe he believes what he is saying.”

John Emerson, New York Times, unspecified article/page, 2 April 1992.

“The governor is the worst administrator ever to come down the pike.”

Lou Papan, former State Assemblyman, The Sacramento Union, unspecified article/page, 26 December 1982.

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