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Alfred E. Smith, a prominent American politician and four-time Governor of New York, played a significant role in shaping progressive politics in the early 20th century. Known as the "Happy Warrior," Smith championed social welfare programs, labor rights, and immigration reform, leaving a lasting legacy on the Democratic Party and the New Deal coalition.
"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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"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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