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"Jobs for every American" is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I’m talking about welfare for all.

— Jerry Brown

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There's nothing wrong with being an anarchist.

I've been in office and I've been out of office. And if I were to choose, I'd rather be in office.

There is an overblown rhetoric and overblown expectation that if there is a problem there must be program to solve it.

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The idea that government has some omnipotence or omniscience is completely absurd and counter to all the thinking that went into our country.

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