Jerry Brown

Governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019 (born 1938) · United States · Politicians

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He served as California's governor four separate times across 40 years - first at 36, then again in his seventies - bookending a political life that included three presidential runs, a radio show, and a stint as Oakland's mayor.

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2017Honorary Doctorate from ENSAward1999“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.”In their wordscite newsRead the whole statement

1995“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!”In their words10 June 1995Speaking to the International Transpersonal Association Conference in Santa Clara, California, 10 June 1995.Read the whole statement

1979“Many regulations primarily protect the past, prop up privilege or prevent sensible economic choices.”In their words8 January 1979Second Inaugural Address, (January 8, 1979)Read the whole statement

“In this decade government at all levels has increased spending faster than the true rate of economic growth… The cure for inflation has been administered with a vengeance.”In their words8 January 1979Second Inaugural Address, (January 8, 1979)Read the whole statement

“Government, no less than the individual, must live within limits. It is time to bring our accounts into balance.”In their words8 January 1979Second Inaugural Address, (January 8, 1979)Read the whole statement

1975“The idea that government has some omnipotence or omniscience is completely absurd and counter to all the thinking that went into our country.”In their words3 October 1975Firing Line show hosted by William F. Buckley, Oct. 3, 1975, clip on Reason TV “When Democrats Loved Deregulation”, Dec. 12, 2018Read the whole statement

1938Born7 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.
1999, From an unspecified KPFA-FM radio show program., Own words
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.
1999, cite news, Own words
There's nothing wrong with being an anarchist.
Jun 10, 1995, Speaking to the International Transpersonal Association Conference in Santa Clara, California, 10 June 1995., Own words

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Awards

Honorary Doctorate from ENS2017

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Spouse Anne Gust Brown

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Born in San Francisco in 1938, Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. grew up as the son of Pat Brown, California's 32nd governor. After Berkeley and Yale Law School, he entered politics through the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees in 1969, then won election as California's secretary of state in 1970. At 36, he became governor in 1974 - the youngest in 111 years - and won a second term in 1978 while mounting unsuccessful presidential bids in 1976 and 1980. He skipped a third term to run for U.S. Senate in 1982, losing to Pete Wilson, then spent years abroad, chaired the California Democratic Party, lost the 1992 presidential primary to Bill Clinton, and hosted talk radio in Oakland. He returned as Oakland's mayor from 1999 to 2007, then California's attorney general until 2011, before winning the governorship again in 2010 and 2014. By the time he left office in 2019, he had served 16 years as governor - the fourth-longest in U.S. history and the longest in California's, surpassing Earl Warren in 2013.

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