Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | | NUMBER: | 1288 | AUTHOR: | Woodrow Wilson (18561924) | QUOTATION: | A member of the Cabinet congratulated Wilson on introducing the vogue of short speeches and asked him about the time it took him to prepare his speeches. He said: It depends. If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now. | ATTRIBUTION: | President WOODROW WILSON.Josephus Daniels, The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 19171923, p. 624 (1946).
See also No. 2078. | SUBJECTS: | Oratory | |
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