Al Smith Quotes

United States, Politician
December 30, 1873 – October, 4, 1944.

Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who was elected Governor of New York four times and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928.

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

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

Al Smith
- People
- American
- Sunshine

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

Al Smith
- Democracy
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

Al Smith
- Democracy
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.

Al Smith
- Family
- Community
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.

Al Smith
- Up
- Christmas
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.

Al Smith
- People
- Law
- Sympathy
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.

Al Smith
- Believe
- Words
- Simple