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> [I spent three years working at the White House and wanted to do something that wasn't about passing bills and resolutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/i-spent-three-years-working-at-the-white-house-and-wanted-to-do/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

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## More by Jon Lovett

> [Most of my time at the White House, I wrote very unfunny speeches, but every year, I would work on the correspondents' dinner, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/most-of-my-time-at-the-white-house-i-wrote-very-unfunny-speeches-but/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [When in doubt, mock the powerful, not the powerless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/when-in-doubt-mock-the-powerful-not-the-powerless/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [I worked on one speech about the financial system that caused the Dow to drop, like, 200 points.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/i-worked-on-one-speech-about-the-financial-system-that-caused-the-dow/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/there-is-that-definition-of-leadership-that-says-leadership-is/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> ['Veep' is a great satire of democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/veep-is-a-great-satire-of-democracy/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [Part of my job as a presidential speechwriter (along with great writers like Jon Favreau and David Axelrod) was finding that sliver where 'presidential'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/part-of-my-job-as-a-presidential-speechwriter-along-with-great/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/if-there-is-one-way-that-i-would-sum-up-what-the-2016-election-was-on/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/there-are-a-lot-of-heartbroken-anxious-people-that-thought-better-of/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> ['1600 Penn' was a hit. It's 2018. Anything you want can be true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/1600-penn-was-a-hit-it-s-2018-anything-you-want-can-be-true/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [More and more people support equality for their gay friends and neighbors, and that is not because the 'Duck Dynasty' guy almost lost his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/more-and-more-people-support-equality-for-their-gay-friends-and/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/we-need-people-to-point-out-groupthink-we-need-people-to-point-out/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [There's only so much mistrust we can take before things get much worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/there-s-only-so-much-mistrust-we-can-take-before-things-get-much-worse/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [When I was a kid, all I knew about Michael Jackson was that he was crazy. He had a monkey named Bubbles and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/when-i-was-a-kid-all-i-knew-about-michael-jackson-was-that-he-was/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [The First Amendment's protections have always put a great deal of responsibility in our hands: not only to respect the power of our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/the-first-amendment-s-protections-have-always-put-a-great-deal-of/)

[Jon Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovett/)

> [Trump is a raptor testing the fences, and he found weaknesses to escape and try things that would work, every single day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovett/trump-is-a-raptor-testing-the-fences-and-he-found-weaknesses-to/)

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