The crux of the matter is whether the state of California should continue to make it a crime for a dying person to end his life. Jerry Brown More Quotes by Jerry Brown More Quotes From Jerry Brown The drug war isn't what purports to be. If you look at the whole operation and the tie-in between the American intelligence agencies, these so-called "assets", the spies on the payroll of the CIA, and drug dealers. Don't let members of Congress and the media get away with this complacency and distortion! Jerry Brown agency ties war The CIA was revealed to be spying in France, not for military purposes, but for corporate purposes. So this $30 billion spook agency is now at the disposal of these oligarchic corporate structures run by the 1%. Jerry Brown agency military running Okay, so what we really have to recognize and own as Americans is that our way of being is itself perhaps the greatest threat to the continuation of civilization. Jerry Brown threat civilization way A lot of street crime is horrible, but in terms of the dislocation, the undermining of the family - the corporate criminals, many of whom reside in Congress and the White House - are getting away literally with murder. Jerry Brown criminals white house So we are being systematically trained to fear this false 'rising crime' tide. This is all part of a system to lock up more people, and impose more control and surveillance. Jerry Brown locks rising people 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 real games war 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 source use thinking My goal in signing these [gun control ] bills is to enhance public safety by tightening our existing laws in a responsible and focused manner, while protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners. Jerry Brown gun rights law We`re not going to have a backlash. We`re going to build a consensus. And I live in the real world, not the kind of fantasy goals that we would all like, but we would never achieve if we go about it in the blunderbuss fashion that your question would assume. Jerry Brown fashion real goal I supported to reduce oil consumption in California by 50 percent, 50 percent in the next 15 years. They didn`t even bother to show up. Jerry Brown california oil america Even when you sign a treaty like I think [Richard] Nixon did, the anti-ballistic missile treaty, George W. Bush reneged on it. He got out of. So any treaty can be withdrawn from. Jerry Brown missiles treaties thinking Were I to stop oil production, we`d have to import it from Iraq and from Caracas, Venezuela or from North Dakota where the environmental standards are much lower, on trains that have already proven themselves unsafe, or by more ships that are causing significant pollution in the world. It`s just really dumb. Jerry Brown oil iraq dumb I think he's maintaining, i just don't see any new ground... and in some ways I think he's losing a little ground. Young people are not excited by this campaign at all. Jerry Brown politics Today we require tax returns, but what would be next ? five years of health records ? A certified birth certificate ? High school report cards ? And will these requirements vary depending on which political party is in power ? Jerry Brown politics Its late and its getting later; and we have to wake people up. Jerry Brown science We're not finger-pointing here. We're all in the same boat. Everyone loves California -- I certainly do. I want to see California thrive. I want to see healthy forests and I want to go and have a steak dinner when the governor retires. Jerry Brown politics For Trump to now destroy a law first enacted at the request of Ronald Reagan five decades ago is a betrayal and an assault on the health of Americans everywhere, california will fight this stupidity in every conceivable way possible. Jerry Brown politics I find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exists in Siskiyou County. Jerry Brown environment This is about health, it's about life and death. Jerry Brown environment Let's be crystal clear on the scope of this mission, this will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. And National Guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws. Jerry Brown politics
