A Quote by Ron DeSantis

Because terms limits are so popular, the interest of a member of Congress in staying in office would be congruent with supporting my term limits joint resolution.

Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis
American - Politician
Born: September 14, 1978

An approach that phases in congressional term limits reconciles the self-interest of members of Congress with the public's desire to see these changes enacted and gives us the best chance to make term limits a reality.

Ron DeSantis

I would like to believe I would not have behaved differently had I not made a term limits pledge, but my own frailties and human desire for prestige and position tell me my term limits pledge did make a difference in how I approached my job in Congress.

Tom Coburn

Americans of all political background overwhelmingly support term limits, yet term limits have floundered in Congress.

Ron DeSantis

As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one of the leaders, because why? As a lobbyist, once you buy a congressional office, you don't have to re-buy that office in six years, right?

Jack Abramoff

You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it.

Rand Paul

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

Caroline Kennedy

Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.

Bob Inglis

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

George Will

Few things infuse a member of Congress with more courage than self-imposed term limits or an imminent retirement. The issues they choose to focus on in their final months say a great deal about what are really the most important issues in the country.

Tom Coburn

I believe in term limits. I believe the country would be hugely better off if we had more turnover in Congress.

Bill Flores

I fundamentally believe in term limits, for Congress, presidents, and board members.

Jim Breyer

It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits.

K. Eric Drexler

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.

Mark Strand

I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that we have.

George Will

I give myself limits - not only financial limits, but I also limit my method of expression, and from within those limits, I try to come up with something new and interesting.