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.”

U.S. President Wilson Woodrow, “The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 1917–1923”

Via Brief.me, édition du 12 septembre.