Jon Lovett Quotes

I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously am - that was - every one of those was just a tremendous experience. I'm very comfortable with what I did and why I did it and how I did it. And I'll let others judge whether they liked it or not.

I loved being in the Senate. That was a wonderful experience.

Being a member of Congress is a hard job but it's an uplifting job.

I love serving in the government. I love serving in the Senate.

I really enjoyed my time in state government. I thought we made a difference. I liked being a part of that effort. I had a different experience in Washington.

It would be wonderful to be a member of the United States Senate.

I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House.

When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.

Being a politician is a calling second only to being a minister.

I have dealt with politicians ever since I came into the government in 1971. I have seen many prime ministers, many finance ministers.

My childhood dream was to be prime minister.

I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30 years.

You could be a senior senator and have never managed more than a hundred people in your life.

I was a very, very good congressman.

I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of time. I was grateful that the average tenure of a white house senior aide is 18 to 20 months. I was there for nearly seven years.

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.

Al is, and always has been, the person who has been the candidate - the elected official. And he is the one who makes policy. As his wife, I have the wonderful opportunity to advocate for causes that I am passionate about, and I'm thankful for that.

When the President makes something a priority, we see action.

I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate.

Elective office and public service are obviously something that have long ties with my family, and something I'm definitely interested in.

I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition.

It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

It is a great privilege for any man to become a member of the Senate.