No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.

- Al Smith

The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.

- Al Smith

Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him li…

- Al Smith

I believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty. I believe in the right of every parent to choose whethe…

- Al Smith

I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make no law respecting…

- Al Smith

It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy.

- Al Smith

It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with …

- Al Smith

I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.

- Al Smith

The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together.

- Al Smith