Pythagorean theorem: 24 words.
The Lord's Prayer: 66 words.
Archimedes' Principle: 67 words.
The 10 Commandments: 179 words.
The Gettysburg address: 286 words.
The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words.

The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words. 

Back in the old days my Uncle Bucky bought a new
Model A Ford.The next morning he was on his way
to work and crashed into a car pulling out from
a sidestreet. Being the witty person that he is,
he wrote a letter to the Ford Motor Company..
"I blew my horn, it did no good; and now i have a
busted hood". Two days later a delivery truck
arrived at his residence with a brand new hood.

Sent by Cliff

There was the cartoon showing two people fighting over a cow. One was 
pulling the cow by the tail; the other was pulling on the horns. 
Underneath was a lawyer milking the cow.