Risk Quotes by John F. Kennedy

13 Risk quotes by John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy’s 13 statements on risk echo the resolve of a nation stepping into the future, framing bold choices as a civic duty.

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For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace--but we…

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I am fully aware of the fact that the Democratic Party, by nominating someone of my faith, has taken on what many…

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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

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We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would…

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[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our…

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Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before…

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I also want to take cognizance of the fact that this flight was made out in the open with all the possibilities…

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While it may be theoretically possible to demonstrate the risks inherent in any treaty... the far greater risk to our security are…

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No treaty, however much it may be to the advantage of all, however tightly it may be worded, can provide absolute security…

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The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by…

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The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital from static to more dynamic situations,…

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Our present tax system ... exerts too heavy a drag on growth ... It reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment,…

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Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the…

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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils…

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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

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We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

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Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.

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Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…

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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

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There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

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Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

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We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these…

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Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.

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This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance…

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“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent…

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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

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Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not…

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