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What is Washington’s reason for not running for a third term?

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He believed that two terms was enough and he famously said that anymore was too close to a monarch. That precedent remained until FDR who got elected for 4 terms
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Answer: There was his promise not to seek unfair power as a government official and his desire to avoid being,

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