A cabinet member once praised Woodrow Wilson for his short speeches and asked him how long it took to prepare them. "It depends," answered Wilson. "If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation; if 15 minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now."
Find more humorous stories of presidential speeches here. Some apply to preaching, too.
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