They seem to feel that they are going to be effective because of their own strength, but they give no expression of it.
AL SMITHIf you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.
More Al Smith Quotes
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Thereof I believe that no tribunal of any church has any power to make any decree of any force in the law of the land, other than to establish the status of its own communicants within its own church.
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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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Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct.
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The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.
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All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.
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If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable.
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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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I believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty.
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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.
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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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Sin is like a journey, it begins with one step.
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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.
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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.
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The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together.
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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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