Fred Shapiro on NPR's "All Things Considered" (12/30/09)

Thu Dec 31 15:12:23 UTC 2009

'YOU LIE,' 'HANDS OFF' AMONG YEAR'S TOP QUOTES

December 30, 2009

The quotes of current times are not great rhetorical speeches, but outbursts
and clever remarks. This year's No. 1 quote, as selected by the The Yale
Book of Quotations: "Keep your government hands off my Medicare," uttered by
an anonymous attendee at a town hall health care meeting in South Carolina.

[Audio interview and transcript at the following link.]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122072130

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