Automation and technology would be a great boon if it were creative, if there were more leisure, more opportunity to engage in raising a family, providing guidance to the young, all the stuff we say we need. America will work if we're all in it together. It'll work when there's a shared sense of destiny. It can be done!

Without the truth of the people, politics degenerates into mere spectacle and democracy declines, leaving demagoguery and cynicism to fill the void.

It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.

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.

Sometimes the highest form of action is inaction.

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.

At least when I was govenor, cocaine was expensive.