A Yale Law School librarian compiled a list of the most notable quotes in 2022 from former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and comedian Chris Rock.
The list, which is compiled annually by Fred Shapiro, an associate director at the Yale Law School library, is a supplement to The New Yale Book of Quotations.
“The items on this list are not necessarily eloquent or admirable quotations, rather they have been picked because they are famous or important or particularly revealing of the spirit of our times,” Shapiro said, according to The Associated Press (AP).
Trump made the list, which the AP published, several times, including with a recent Truth Social post.
“Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Dec. 3.
Trump’s September quote from a Fox News interview about declassifying documents also made the list.
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 15: Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
“If you’re the President of the United States, you can declassify just by saying ‘it’s declassified,’ even by thinking about it,” Trump said in September during a Fox News interview. The quote was in reference to documents found at Mar-a-Lago.
Biden, who has had a handful of gaffes in recent months alone, made the list with his “Where’s Jackie?” quote. (RELATED: Karine Jean-Pierre Scrambles To Defend Biden Appearing To Call For Deceased Congresswoman Jackie Walorski)
“Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?” Biden said while calling out for deceased Rep. Jackie Walorski weeks after her death.
Rock made the list for his reactionary quote after Will Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock after Rock joked about Smith’s wife.
“Will Smith just smacked the shit out of me,” Rock said in March at the Academy Awards Ceremony.
Other people who made the list include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the dissenting justices in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.