Term Limits quotes
26 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the Bills. Then I say, sweep the place clean, limit their terms, and send them HOME!"
"I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others."
"You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it."
"Those who have been intoxicated with power... can never willingly abandon it."
"After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil."
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"A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states."
"They wanted me to be a Washington."
"I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that we have."
"The Governor would serve a five-year term and be ineligible for reelection."
"I am for making of terms annual, and for sending an entire new set every year."
