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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Private investment goes where there is a return on capital, which may or may not serve the particular national need of…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1963
Private investment goes where there is a return on capital, which may or may not serve the particular national need of the time.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to a Group of Student Leaders From Brazil

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