Fred Shapiro, a Yale Law School librarian and editor of “The Yale Book of Quotations,” has long been compiling a list of the 10 most notable quotes of a given year. But 2020 posed challenges.
“I try to get some positive quotes into the lists each year, but the times we live in are not very positive,” Shapiro told ALM’s Karen Sloan. “As a result, the quotes that stand out tend to be horrific or ridiculous.”
At the top of the list for 2020 is Dr. Anthony Fauci’s somehow controversial plea to “Wear a mask.”
The 10 quotes also involve police violence, racism, the presidential election, and the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish.
Read the full list below.
Fauci’s Plea ‘Wear A Mask’ Tops List of 2020 Notable Quotes [The Associated Press]
‘Wear a Mask’ Tops Yale Law Librarian’s Annual List of Notable Quotes [Law.com]
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