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 us.
AL SMITHIt 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 us.
AL SMITHI 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.
AL SMITHIt 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 SMITHI believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty.
AL SMITHThey seem to feel that they are going to be effective because of their own strength, but they give no expression of it.
AL SMITHAll the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.
AL SMITHI 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.
AL SMITHBe sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct.
AL SMITHThe American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.
AL SMITHNo 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 SMITHThe 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.
AL SMITHSin is like a journey, it begins with one step.
AL SMITHIf a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable.
AL SMITHI can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.
AL SMITHIf you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.
AL SMITHThe Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together.
AL SMITH