Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull

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

— 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…

— Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull

Within a few weeks the organization for the maintenance of international peace and security, established by the San Francisco Charter, will be…

— Cordell Hull

Every good citizen should be willing to devote a brief time during some one day in the year, when necessary, to the…

— Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull

No achievement can be higher than that of working in harmony with other nations so that the lash of war may be…

— Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull

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

— Cordell Hull