The Mexican ruler Porfirio Díaz lead a revolution against the supposed tyranny of repeated presidential re-election, but later went on to be repeatedly re-elected to the presidency. Did Díaz genuinely believe strongly in term limits at one point, or was his uprising just a cynical power grab?
by /u/nkonrad in /r/AskHistorians
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