The lower the family income, the higher the probability that the mother must work. Today, 1 out of 5 of these working… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our true choice is not between tax reduction on the one hand and the avoidance of large federal deficits on the other.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When consumers purchase more goods, plants use more of their capacity, men are hired instead of laid off, investment increases, and profits… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget....As the national income grows, the federal… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If we could ever competitively, at a cheap rate, get fresh water from saltwater, ..(this) would be in the long-range interests of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is increasingly clear that no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image