Cordell Hull Quotes


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.


Citations

Hull, Cordell. "The War and Human Freedom." Radio Address, 23 July 1942. The Department of State Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 161, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942, p. 647.

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Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull
  • Born: October 2, 1871
  • Died: July 23, 1955
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Public Servant

Cordell Hull was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during most of World War II. Before that appointment he represented Tennessee for two years in the United States Senate and twenty-four years in the House of Representatives.