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  • Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

  • I think we want to see new voices and new ideas emerge - that's part of the reason why term limits are a really useful thing.

    Thinking   Ideas   Voice  
    "Report: Obama Holds First News Conference Since Election". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. November 14, 2016.
  • I leave to others the sublime delights of riding in the storm, better pleased with sound sleep & a warmer berth below it encircled, with the society of neighbors, friends & fellow laborers of the earth rather than with spies & sycophants ... I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office.

    Ambition   Sleep   Men  
    Thomas Jefferson, Saul Kussiel Padover (1956). “A Jefferson profile as revealed in his letters”
  • 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.

  • Politics and self-interest have been so uniformly connected, that the world, from being so often deceived, has a right to be suspicious of public characters.

    Thomas Paine (2016). “THE RIGHTS OF MAN: The French Revolution – Ideals, Arguments & Motives (Political Classic): Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution”, p.213, e-artnow
  • After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.

  • It is tempting to believe that social evils arise from the activities of evil men and that if only good men (like ourselves, naturally) wielded power, all would be well. That view requires only emotion and self-praise - easy to come by and satisfying as well. To understand why it is that 'good' men in positions of power will produce evil, while the ordinary man without power but able to engage in voluntary cooperation with his neighbors will produce good, requires analysis and thought, subordinating emotions to the rational.

  • Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

    Senator Tom Coburn, John Hart (2013). “Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • I apprehend... that the total abandonment of the principle of rotation in the offices of President and Senator will end in abuse.

    Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.101, Rowman & Littlefield
  • Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

    Men   Sight   Political  
    Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.123, Rowman & Littlefield
  • They wanted me to be a Washington.

  • I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.

    Interview with Maggie Haberman, nypost.com. December 28, 2008.
  • I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and that's what I decided to do.

  • We can achieve much greater representation through term-limited members.

    Senator Tom Coburn, John Hart (2013). “Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders”, p.218, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.

  • The voting records of virtually every member of Congress reveal that the oath of office is more a ceremonial gesture than a sacred commitment.

    Senator Tom Coburn, John Hart (2013). “Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • I think if you do term limits, you would really increase the power of lobbying.

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  • The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

    Senator Tom Coburn, John Hart (2013). “Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders”, p.213, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • No person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six.

    Years   Political   Three  
    Thomas Jefferson (1961). “The American Beginnings: The Virginia Declaration of Rights; The Declaration of Independence, in Mr. Jefferson's Original Text, with Some of His Comments Thereon; the Articles of Confederation”
  • I fundamentally believe in term limits, for Congress, presidents, and board members.

  • Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power.

  • A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

  • Those who have been intoxicated with power... can never willingly abandon it.

  • "I've become a huge fan of term limits," the former aide said, "because Armey and the others in leadership used to be just like you and your crew in their approach to spending. They have changed over the years."

    Years   Political   Fans  
  • The traits in career politicians the public detests most are produced when ego triumphs over principle.

    Careers   Political   Ego  
  • I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I've got self-imposed term limits of six terms if I have the privilege to serve that long.

    "Lawmaker calls Buffett's bluff". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. January 13, 2012.
  • The founding fathers never once rationalized getting in power and having control so they could stay in power.

  • Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse.

  • Under my contract with the American voter, we are proposing a series of ethics reforms on day one to end government corruption. They include a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.

    "Donald Trump’s campaign has become one big airing of grievances". www.washingtonpost.com. October 27, 2016.
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