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To: Publius; Jacquerie
For an excellent collection of quotations on term limits, visit here. I came across the site while searching for this John Adams statement:

"Where annual elections end, there slavery begins … Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey."

3 posted on 10/04/2010 8:57:47 AM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: loveliberty2
Thanks for the link. Extremely informative. I especially pondered the Tom Coburn quotes. He limited himself to six years in the House. As opposed to the vast majority of members, he set himself largely free to vote his conscience and resist party diktats.

A quick Wiki search reminded me of the 1995 Scotus decision, U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton. The people or legislatures of 23 states had enacted some form of congressional term limits. Scotus said it denied the people right to choose their reps.

Gee, Scotus thanks for using me as a pretext for protecting the interests of the political class as you continue to flick away state laws as if they were lint. I doubt our country would be at the edge of the abyss today if term limits had not been tossed fifteen years ago.

Yo judges, have you noticed that the people are p!ssed? We are knocking off Rinos and rats this year, more in 2012 along with Hussein Himself.

You tyrannical judges are next.

4 posted on 10/04/2010 10:01:20 AM PDT by Jacquerie (The law is too important to be left to judges.)
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