Jerry Brown/governor of California 1975-1983

Famous quotes containing the words jerry, brown, governor and/or california:

    Then word goes forth in Formic:
    “Death’s come to Jerry McCormic,
    Our selfless forager Jerry.
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    No, you can’t chop your poppa up in Massachusetts.
    —Michael Brown (b. 1920)

    It is better to have the power of self-protection than to depend on any man, whether he be the Governor in his chair of State, or the hunted outlaw wandering through the night, hungry and cold and with murder in his heart.
    Lillie Devereux Blake (1835–1913)

    But why go to California for a text? She is the child of New England, bred at her own school and church.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)