Al Smith Quotes

#1. 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 whether his child shall be educated in the public school or in a religious school supported by those of his own faith.

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#2. 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.

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

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#4. 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.

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

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#6. Pulling the plug on the BlackBerry could cost corporate America millions of dollars. The BlackBerry is more than e-mail but a handheld office, and if you shut down the BlackBerry, you shut off the data that powers American business.

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#7. 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 an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

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#8. 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 like and believe you.

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#9. No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.

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

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#11. You take care of you and your family first. Then you go to your neighborhood, and then you spread it on out within the community.

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

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#13. The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together,

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

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