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“The Governor would serve a five-year term and be ineligible for reelection.”

Years Political Politics Term Five Five Years Governors Term Limits Reelection

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“"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 Said Political Used Politics Term Fans Changed Huge Like You Limits Approach Spending Used To Be Former Crew Term Limits

Author:Mark Sanford

“I have toured around for 45 years and have experience of night halt at more than 400 districts. And that's why I know the reality of this earth.”

Knows Years Reality Earth Night Politics India Halt

Author:Narendra Modi

“Our nations are so close yet such a visit took 17 years. This will change & we will strengthen India-Nepal ties.”

Years Politics Nations India Ties Nepal

Author:Narendra Modi

“Seven years is a short time in the history of a country's democracy. But in this short time, people of Bhutan have developed faith in the institutions of democracy.”

People Years Country Politics Democracy India Institutions Seven Seven Years Short Time Bhutan

Author:Narendra Modi

“When a rapidly rising power rivals an established ruling power, trouble ensues. In 11 of 15 cases in which this has occurred in the past 500 years, the result was war. The great Greek historian Thucydides identified these structural stresses as the primary cause of the war between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece. In his oft-quoted insight, "It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this inspired in Sparta that made war inevitable."”

“I am for making of terms annual, and for sending an entire new set every year.”

Years Political Politics Term Annuals Term Limits

Author:John Adams

“I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'”

“Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.”

Men World Years Political Politics This World Years Ago Gentle Greek

Book:Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

Source: Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.”

Years Politics Class Particular Oppression Representatives Oppressed Parliament Communist Manifesto Elections And Voting Free Elections

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.”

Years Littles Government Political Three Politics Liberty Four Society Thousand Understood Years Ago Thousand Years Standstill

Author:John Adams

“All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.”

Source: The Complete Works of George Orwell: I have tried to tell the truth, 1943-1944