The thing we have to fear in this country, to my way of thinking, is the influence of the organized minorities, because somehow or other the great majority does not seem to organize. They seem to feel that they are going to be effective because of their own strength, but they give no expression of it.
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
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
The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.
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
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…
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 support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty. I believe in the right of every parent to choose whethe…
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
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…
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 the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy.
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
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 …
I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines. - Al Smith
I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.
The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together. - Al Smith
The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together.
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