"Truth isn't truth," a statement made by President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani during an August interview, topped the 2018 list of notable quotes out yesterday (December 11th) from Yale Law School librarian Fred Shapiro, who's put the list out annually since 2006. Giuliani made the statement during an interview with NBC's Meet the Press when he said Trump might get trapped into perjury if her were interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Interviewer Chuck Todd replied, "Truth is truth," and Giuliani answered, "No, it isn’t truth. Truth isn’t truth." Giuliani later said he comment was about the conflicting nature of witness recollections. The full list:
1. “Truth isn’t truth.” — Giuliani, interview on Meet the Press
2. “I liked beer. I still like beer.” — Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee testimony on his Supreme Court nomination
3. “While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.” — Sanofi drug company, in a tweet responding to Roseanne Barr’s blaming of their product Ambien in explaining a tweet that led ABC to cancel her show
4. “We gather to mourn the passing of American greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those that live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served.” — Meghan McCain, eulogy for her father, Senator John McCain
5. “We’re children. You guys, like, are the adults. You need to take some action and play a role. Work together, come over your politics and get something done.” — David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, in a CNN interview
6. "[I am] not smart, but genius ... and a very stable genius at that!” — President Trump tweet
7. “You don’t have to agree with Trump but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone.” — Kanye West, in a tweet
8. “Our country is led by those who will lie about anything, backed by those who will believe anything, based on information from media sources that will say anything.” — Former FBI Director James Comey, in a tweet
9. “I have just signed your death warrant.” — Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, to former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar when sentencing him to up to 175 years in prison for sexual assault
10. “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd! And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.” — Rep. Maxine Waters, in remarks at a rally