President Truman On Term Limits For All Members Of The U.S. Congress

Posted: 8/23/2016

Trigger

Received an excellent e-mail today from the U.S. Term Limits organisation titled “This U.S. President Backed Term Limits on Congress”. It is about a great hand-written letter by Harry S. Truman. The original letter can be found here at the Truman Library & Museum.

In this letter, Truman advocated not only to limit the U.S. president to two terms but also all members of the U.S. Congress.

I am a strong supporter of strict term limits for everyone elected to public office or working for public service (including judges, police and much more).

Quotes

1. “We’d help to cure senility and seniority — both terrible legislative diseases.”
   [Astounding! Two thumbs up!]
2. “Twelve years of Washington is enough for any man.”
   [I second to that!]
3. “... there are old time Senators who even make Louis XIV of France and George I of England look like shining liberals.”
   [I had a good laugh! Thanks, Truman!]