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But the limit of two terms had become an unwritten part of the code of the Republic, and the people felt that to disregard the principle might entail dangers which they would not care to risk.
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Blaine asserts that the two-term limit had become an unwritten rule in American politics, with the public wary of the risks of ignoring it.
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