4 Quotes & Sayings By Cordell Hull

Cordell Hull was an American diplomat and statesman. He served as the United States' Secretary of State from 1933 to 1938, during the early days of the New Deal, which he strongly supported. With past experience as a Tennessee Congressman, Governor of Tennessee, Senator from Tennessee, and Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson, Hull was an influential political figure in his own right.

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Under the ominous shadow which the second World War and its attendant circumstances have cast on the world, peace has become as essential to civilized existence as the air we breathe is to life itself. Cordell Hull
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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, they can wipe out our entire civilization. Cordell Hull
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There is no greater responsibility resting upon peoples and governments everywhere than to make sure that enduring peace will this time - at long last - be established and maintained. Cordell Hull