greatest country on earth
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what other nation has had such sheer explosive INERTIA
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mos maiorum
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yeah he wrecked it but his third term didn't begin until 1941, just shy of 152 years after Washington was sworn in
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Stepping down after two terms was one of the greatest services Washington rendered this country.
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1) 22Jun1799: Jonathan Trumbull Jr (CT's governor) asking GW to run for a 3rd term [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0111 …] 2) 21Jul1799: GW's response [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0165 …] GW had finished his Last Will & Testament on 9Jul1799.pic.twitter.com/w3831Kmphl
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Trumbull Jr had served as GW's military secretary during the Revolution in 1781-83. He is not to be confused for his younger brother John Trumbull, who painted some of the major events of the Revolution & portraits of the Founding Fathers.
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Before FDR, 3 presidents had tried but failed to serve a 3rd term: Ulysses Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution …pic.twitter.com/JXEGKheiYM
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aha! I knew about T Roosevelt, had not known about Grant and Wilson
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Doesn't surprise me about Wilson. He wanted the President to be like a king.
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