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

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

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"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."
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"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."

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