Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

The whole Jeffersonian ideal was that people are temporarily in government. Government is not the basic reality. People are. The private sector. And government is just a limited power to make things go better.

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.

I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system.

I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.

I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state.

After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in California ... I have directed the California Department of Public Health to advise the state's counties that they must begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in California