Cordell Hull
(1871-1955)

American Politician, Longest-serving Secretary of State
"The Father of the United Nations"
1945 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

birthdate: October 2
birthplace: Pickett County, Tennessee

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I am firmly convinced that in the world of today all nations will be forced to the conclusion that cooperation for law, justice, and peace is the only alternative to a constant race in armaments--including atomic armaments--and to other disruptive practices that will bring the nations participating in them on either side to a common ruin, the equivalent of universal suicide.

no achievement can be higher than that of working in harmony with other nations so that the lash of war may be lifted from our backs and a peace of lasting friendship descend upon us.