Alfred Emanuel Smith

“Let's look at the record.”

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

“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.”

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

“The American people never carry an umbrella. They prefer to walk in the rain.”

“I believe in the absolute separation of church and state.”

“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.”

“This is the time for plain speaking. I shall not mince words.”

“There is only one place for any man in this country to be, and that is on the side of the law.”

“I have been branded a 'wet' and I am 'wet'.”