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Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.
Jerry Brown
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Jerry Brown
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: April 7
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San Francisco County
California
Edmund Gerald Brown
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.
Edmund Gerald Jerry Brown Jr.
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