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At least when I was govenor, cocaine was expensive.

– Jerry Brown

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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

Found on CNN 1 year ago 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

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Its late and its getting later; and we have to wake people up.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 1 year ago 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

Found on CNN 1 year ago 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

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exists in Siskiyou County.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Environment

This is about health, it's about life and death.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 2 years ago 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

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I think we’re already coming to terms, the guards are champing at the bit to get there. … I am concerned about our borders.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I ’m dealing with a humanitarian crisis.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

San Diego County’s an inflammatory football that very low-life politicians are trying to exploit.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

There’s nothing that stops local officials from notifying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that a jailed person is going to be released.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

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

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I agree with the Catholic bishops who have said that local, state and federal officials should' work collaboratively and prudently in the implementation of this deployment, ensuring that the presence of National Guard is measured and not disruptive to community life,'.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

You see, in California we are focusing on bridges, not walls, and that’s more than just a figure of speech.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

These are uncertain times for undocumented Californians and their families, and this bill strikes a balance that will protect public safety, while bringing a measure of comfort to those families who are now living in fear everyday.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

I think it was a different period, but I've seen the press trying to make that analogy thing. I think we are in a different period.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

I do think that Comey's public statements about the emails and Hillary was very bad and unprofessional, and he'd never even acknowledged it, so I think Comey has real serious problems.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

The question is exactly what role the legislature will play, what role the Republicans will play. If not, what are the alternatives? Those are always available.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

Well, I think it's going to make it more difficult (for Syrian refugees). And it's very understandable.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I am deeply disappointed that the CalPERS Board reversed course and adopted an irresponsible plan that will only keep the system dependent on unrealistic investment returns, this approach will expose the fund to an unacceptable level of risk in the coming years.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 4 years ago US News

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

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

We did have some serious differences, but at the end of the day it's my job to keep this budget on an even keel. At the end of the day I've got to sign or not sign.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

You're looking at a one-year-old (horse) who has never had a saddle on his back, it's the equivalent of looking at a 10-year-old for the NBA draft based on how he looks and how his parents played basketball. That's what buying yearlings is like. It's a total crapshoot.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN 5 years ago US News

These measures will strengthen the ability of local officials to build new water projects and ensure that water is not wasted, as this drought stretches on, we'll continue to do whatever is necessary to help communities save more water.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Environment

We're in a historic drought and that demands unprecedented action, we have to pull together and save water in every way we can.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

It's a different world, we have to act differently.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

This historic drought demands unprecedented action.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

Because he is a high-profile drop-out targeted by the Mexican Mafia, Mr. Enriquez's parole poses a serious security risk to him, his family, his parole agents, and the community in which he is placed.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

I don't know we'll have unanimity, but we won't have any more than two opinions, and that's good.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

Soon we will make the last payment on the $15 billion of borrowing made to cover budget deficits dating back to 2002, we will also repay a billion dollars borrowed from schools and community colleges.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

Everything big runs in opposition, this is important.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 5 years ago US News

It's a long project, a bold project and one that will transform the Central Valley.

– Jerry Brown

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

We are at a crossroads, with big and important new programs now launched and the budget carefully balanced, the challenge is to build for the future, not steal from it, to live within our means and to keep California ever golden and creative, as our forebears have shown and our descendents would expect.

– Jerry Brown

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News