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

To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it…

- 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

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

I am firmly convinced that in the world of today all nations will be forced to the conclusion that cooperation for law, justice, and peace is the onl…

- Cordell Hull

Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the world, but as well the creation of an in…

- Cordell Hull

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

- Cordell Hull

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

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