Dan Quayle Quotes

No Reelection

Watching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House - as Brutus loved Caesar.

I represented the 4th District of South Carolina... from the election '92 until election '98. And then I was out six years and then came back for another six years between the election 2004 and the election 2010.

I believe that the presidential term should be limited.

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

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

The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion - well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific Congressional district.

It is Ordered, sentenced, and decreed, that no person be chosen Governor above once in two years

The same person shall not be elected President of the United States a second time; nor shall the President be elected from the same State two terms in succession.

I recommend an amendment to the Constitution prescribing a term of six years for the Presidential office and forbidding a reelection.

It has a natural appeal, but I don't believe that even in 2020 there will be term limitations on Congress.

I will term-limit myself probably before I would have enough seniority to get a committee chairmanship.

We need term limits desperately in this country.

I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I was when I start.

I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment [limiting the presidency to two terms] was a mistake. Shouldn't the people have the right to vote for someone as many times as they want to vote for him?

I think if you do term limits, you would really increase the power of lobbying.

I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.

I?m not even sure I?d go into a reformed House of Lords. But let?s put it like this, the decision would have been easier had there been not even complete reform but a substantial stride.

You’re a terrible liar, Sage, but I’m still touched you’d attempt it for my sake. A for effort.

Home isn't where our house is, but wherever we are understood.

When you are trying to move mountains you want-and need-people on your side who want to move them with you.

In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.

I do support the effort to investigate for crimes, war crimes committed by the Syrians and the Russians and try to hold them accountable.

In what is perhaps the strangest turn in the President's efforts to rally support, he agreed that Iraq is just like Vietnam, but in a good way.

During the last 100 years, the House of Lords has never contributed one iota to popular liberties or popular freedom, or done anything to advance the common weal; but during that time it has protected every abuse and sheltered every privilege.