Inaction may be the biggest form of action. Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 2
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do? Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 1
The government is becoming the family of last resort. Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 1
The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything. Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 1
Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases. Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
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 American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are. Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
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. Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides? Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change. Jerry Brown American Politician More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
It's a crazy society now. It's the richest society ever and yet people are overworked. There's more unemployment, more crime, more confusion, more broken marriages. This is a breakdown. Every culture breaks down. Every society breaks down, whether it's Rome, Spain, the British Empire. The people in charge probably didn't get it until they had their heads chopped off. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
Farmers markets are green shoots coming out of the gun. They represent hope and they need to be cultivated. But we have a juggernaut coming at us. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
The world is still the world according to the New York Times business section. It's all about mergers, the Dow. But there's a movement coming. And capitalism is definitely shaky now. It's shaky because it's based on insatiable desires in a biologically limited world. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
Genetic engineering companies want to create a situation where you have to get permission from a corporation to eat. And the corporate executives don't live in the community. They don't send their kids to the same school. They don't go to the same churches. They don't play in the same parks. They don't swim in the same pools. They don't go to the same movies. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
This lawsuit is part of a broader effort to realign economic and industrial activity with ecological constraints. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
It is profoundly important because it is a major step forward in holding these agencies to a rule of law, in this instance a rule of environmental law. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
Yes, there is an emergency [but] this is not just an emergency, it's obviously a chronic crisis, ... This thing has been going on a long time and political rhetoric doesn't stop it. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
Tragically, the federal government is violating federal law, which requires an assessment of cumulative impacts. This injures the citizens of Oakland, and every person in this country. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
[A key problem facing the shelters here and elsewhere is that nobody knows how long they will be needed.] We are seeing some people leave already, ... But we think some are going to be here for weeks or months. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
It's unconscionable for Sutter to remain on a collision course with an open-ended strike when a reasonable alternative has been recommended by an impartial mediator. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
That's fascinating! What we have here is a case of alternate realities! Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
I just need to look around and make sure I'm not missing out on anything at any other schools. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
dealing with two political parties that are at each other's throats. He's dealing with a very large deficit, the largest of any state in the history of America. And he's dealing with an economy which is highly uncertain. He's got determination, and he's going to need every ounce of it, because this is truly a very challenging situation. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0
A farmer or an extension agent will be there talking about that particular animal and what products come from it and what it eats and how much it weighs. We're hoping the kids get a better appreciation for agriculture and that they realize there are actual local people behind the scenes working to stock the shelves of their grocery stores. Jerry Brown More Jerry Brown Quotes 0