Al Smith

The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together,

— Al Smith

Sin is like a journey, it begins with one step.

— Al Smith

If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable.

— Al Smith

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

— Al Smith

No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just…

— Al Smith

It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress…

— Al Smith

It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they…

— Al Smith

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

— Al Smith

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

— Al Smith

You take care of you and your family first. Then you go to your neighborhood, and then you spread it on out…

— 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

Pulling the plug on the BlackBerry could cost corporate America millions of dollars. The BlackBerry is more than e-mail but a handheld…

— Al Smith

The thing we have to fear in this country, to my way of thinking, is the influence of the organized minorities, because…

— Al Smith

I believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty. I believe in the right…

— Al Smith

I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make…

— Al Smith

I believe in absolute freedom of conscience for all men and equality of all churches, all sects and all beliefs before the…

— Al Smith