Jerry Brown Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same.”