The tax on capital gains directly affect... by John F. Kennedy

President Growth Navy Cold War Assassination

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

- John F. Kennedy

Other quotes by John F. Kennedy

Fear

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

- John F. Kennedy

Present Past History

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

- John F. Kennedy

Men World

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

- John F. Kennedy

End War

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

- John F. Kennedy

Destiny May Man

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be a s big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

- John F. Kennedy

Society People

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

- John F. Kennedy

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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

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Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

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Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

- Gerald R. Ford

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

- John F. Kennedy