Carolina QuotesIf 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.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
As quoted in The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 1917–1923 (1946) by Josephus Daniels, p. 624. Referenced in "Bartleby.com"
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- 1920s and later
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- 1917
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- p. 624
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“If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation;…” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-D7962AED3C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/d7962aed3c
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