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Originally Posted by wetwarev7
The term limits are there to keep someone from forming a dictatorship, not to increase the chances of getting a decent president.
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No, the term limit is there because after 144 years of presidents refusing to serve more than twice, a president (Franklin Roosevelt) got elected four times. The opposing party quickly passed the 22nd Amendment, limiting the president to two terms. It passed in 1947 and was ratified by the states in 1951. Of course the Republicans immediately got their own guy (Dwight Eisenhower) elected, and have been kicking themselves ever since.