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… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
I believe in absolute freedom of conscience for all men and equality of all churches, all sects and all beliefs before the law as… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make no law… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines. — Al Smith Copy Share Image
If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable. — Al Smith Copy Share Image
You take care of you and your family first. Then you go to your neighborhood, and then you spread it on out within the… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine. — Al Smith Copy Share Image
