There is no greater responsibility resting upon peoples and governments everywhere than to make sure that enduring peace will this time - at long las…

- Cordell Hull

No achievement can be higher than that of working in harmony with other nations so that the lash of war may be lifted from our backs and a peace of l…

- Cordell Hull

Every good citizen should be willing to devote a brief time during some one day in the year, when necessary, to the making up of a listing of his inc…

- Cordell Hull

I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its great objective. As time goes on…

- Cordell Hull

Triumphant science and technology are only at the threshold of man's command over sources of energy so stupendous that, if used for military purposes…

- Cordell Hull

Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation…

- Cordell Hull

That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless developme…

- Cordell Hull

Under the ominous shadow which the second World War and its attendant circumstances have cast on the world, peace has become as essential to civilize…

- Cordell Hull

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph.

- Cordell Hull