WASHINGTON — When he ran for the White House, Joe Biden told voters his presidency would be a bridge to the next generation. His first two years on the job have revealed it to be a much more ambitious venture.
— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, response to U.S. offer to transport him to safety, Feb. 26
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2. “Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
— Donald Trump, post on Truth Social network, Dec. 3
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3. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.”
— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, writing in the court's opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade and took away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, June 24
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4. “The Court reverses course today for one reason and one reason only: because the composition of this Court has changed.”
— U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, writing in the dissenting opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, June 24
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5. “Will Smith just smacked the s--- out of me.”
— Comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards ceremony, March 27
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6. “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?”
— U.S. President Joe Biden, calling out for deceased Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, White House conference on ending hunger, Sept. 28
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7. “FTX is fine. Assets are fine.”
— Sam Bankman-Fried, a Twitter post shortly before his cryptocurrency exchange FTX declared bankruptcy, Nov. 7
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8. “If you’re the President of the United States, you can declassify just by saying ‘It’s declassified,’ even by thinking about it.”
— Trump, Fox News interview, Sept. 21
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9. “The U.S. News rankings are profoundly flawed ... As a result, we will no longer participate.”
— Heather Gerken, Yale Law School statement on U.S. News & World Report law school rankings, Nov. 16
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10. “African American voters are voting at just as high a percentage as Americans.”
— U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, remarks at news conference, Jan. 19
