"Triumphant science and technology are only at the……" — 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, they can wipe out our entire civilization."
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Cordell Hull
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14 Quotes by Cordell Hull
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I am firmly convinced that in the world of today all nations will be forced to the conclusion that cooperation…
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Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the…
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I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its…
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Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only…
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There is no greater responsibility resting upon peoples and governments everywhere than to make sure that enduring peace will this…
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To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it…
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Under the ominous shadow which the second World War and its attendant circumstances have cast on the world, peace has…
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That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid…
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Every good citizen should be willing to devote a brief time during some one day in the year, when necessary,…
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I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the…
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Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
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No achievement can be higher than that of working in harmony with other nations so that the lash of war…
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