Alfred E. Smith's Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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.