Quote of the day
“We no longer know how to be brief. For instance: the Lord’s Prayer consists of 56 words; the Ten Commandments 297 words; the United States Declaration of Independence 300 words; and the EU Convention on the Importation of Caramel – 26,911 words.”
Greville Janner, Janner’s Complete Speechmaker, 6th ed., 1999. The anecdotes and one-liners at the back are great and his selection of famous speeches makes fascinating reading.
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