There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made them believe it's the right thing to do.' And a great speech can do that. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Most of my time at the White House, I wrote very unfunny speeches, but every year, I would work on the correspondents' dinner, which… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
I worked on one speech about the financial system that caused the Dow to drop, like, 200 points. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Part of my job as a presidential speechwriter (along with great writers like Jon Favreau and David Axelrod) was finding that sliver where 'presidential'… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
If there is one way that I would sum up what the 2016 election was on cable news, it was world-class journalists interviewing morons. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
There are a lot of heartbroken, anxious people that thought better of their country. We're heartbroken by how far Trump has gotten to the… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
More and more people support equality for their gay friends and neighbors, and that is not because the 'Duck Dynasty' guy almost lost his… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes need to do that when it's considered dangerous, strange, or, by some, offensive. And we should be, all of us, trying to protect that. It's really important. — Jon Lovett Copy Share
There's only so much mistrust we can take before things get much worse. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
