Cordell Hull Quotes

If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.

This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant.

Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China.

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

Like all peoples, Russian millions share our longing for a friendly and peaceful world.

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.

I firmly believe that the future of civilization is absolutely dependent upon finding some way of resolving international differences without resorting to war.

This world of ours has everything except one thing: peace. Everybody wants and needs peace, whether he be a child or an octogenarian.

Peace will never be won if men reserve for war their greatest efforts, Peace, too, requires well-directed and sustained sacrificial endeavor. Given that, we can, I believe, achieve the great goal of our foreign policy, that of enabling our people to enjoy in peace the blessings of liberty.

The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is the United States of the World.

Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.

I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.

Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.

What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

... the greatest moral victory in the history of civilization if it actually keeps out of a war.

I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

I believe the masses everywhere want peace.

Wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with people, wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along, as an example, with Russia?

On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind.