“Term limits in the United States apply to many offices at both the federal and state level, and date back to the American Revolution.…The fact that “perpetuity in office” was not approached until the 20th century is due in part to the influence of rotation in office as a popular 19th-century concept. “Ideas are, in truth, forces”, and rotation in office enjoyed such normative support, especially at the local level, that it altered political reality.…The U.S. Congress remains (since the Thornton decision of 1995) without electoral limits [of term].” (Courtesy © Wikipedia)
Our Founders' Warning: “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” (Thomas Jefferson)