The Constitution is a rather short document consisting of seven articles that broadly lay out the powers and responsibilities of the government and its operation. You may have noticed The Declaration of Independence was not very long either. When we look at the speeches of Abraham Lincoln who delivered two of the greatest if not the greatest speeches in American history, they are also very short. When your aim is to persuade people often times keeping things short works much better than writing long volumes of text.
http://theamericanpoliticalsystem.blogspot.com/2012/06/th-67-constitution-and-federalist.html
This passage is about the length of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Abraham Lincoln's two speeches. This passage points out how keeping things short and straight to the point are better than trying to get your point across through a protracted speech or writing. This passage states that although Abraham Lincoln's speech was not lengthy, people still admired and respected it because of it's significance.
I chose this passage because I do agree that keeping things "short and sweet" are often better than something being extensive or dragged out. Sometimes people can or choose to only focus or read something for a certain amount of time. If an individual is giving a speech, it would be hard to keep a crowd's attention for a lengthy period of time if they are just talking and not getting to the point. I would not want to sit through a thirty minute speech or read a 25 page document if there is a shorter version of it. Just because something is lengthy, does not always mean it is meaningful or rich in content. Today, we live in a world where people only like to watch 10-15 second videos on Vine or Snapchat and if the video seems too long or boring, we won't watch it. Listening to a long speech or reading something lengthy is not ideally what people prefer.
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