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Banning capital punishment takes us to a higher state of consciousness.

Jerry Brown

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Jerry Brown
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: April 7
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San Francisco County
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Edmund Gerald Brown
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.
Edmund Gerald Jerry Brown Jr.
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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.
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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.
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My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe
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It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.
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