A speech should be short enough to remember and sharp enough to make long speakers nervous. by Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln, short speeches are admirable until voters demand thunder with footnotes.

Winston, if thunder were wisdom, every loud man would be a philosopher.

The best speech still ends before everyone starts admiring the speaker.

George, you left power voluntarily. Your standards are terrible for show business.

Good. Government was not meant to be theatre with taxes.

A speech should land, leave a bruise, and leave before vanity rents the room.

Then half the speeches in history were just landlords with podiums.

Winston, if certainty were proof, every fool would be a scholar.

Lincoln, your legacy has excellent lighting and terrible customer service.

Exactly. The longer a speech begs to matter, the less it usually does.