Bill Clinton: “Oh, yes. It is the most rewarding thing in the world for a citizen of our country, who loves our country and believes in…”

“Oh, yes. It is the most rewarding thing in the world for a citizen of our country, who loves our country and believes in the promise of its people, to be President. To look back on the last 4 years and to go out here as I did on the train ride or on this bus trip, and you look into the eyes of people and you go through these crowds, and somebody will say, ``I've got a home because of one of your programs''; ``I've gotten a job since you were here''; ``I'm on one of your college loans''; ``I'm an AmeriCorps student''--when you see how the country is changing for the better, it's immensely rewarding. And in this day and time--you know, as I said, we've had periods like this in our politics before. In the early 1800's, Mr. Jefferson faced many of the same things. When you live in a time which is really rough, with no holds barred, and a lot of people seek personal advantage by what I call the politics of destruction, you have to be always, always, always defining yourself and the quality of your life by what is inside. And you can't confuse who you are and the quality of your own life with whatever is going on in the day-to-day headlines. It's destructive. Otherwise, you shrivel and become little. The President should always be trying to be bigger than he is and lifting the country up. And you just have to keep putting that out of your mind; you just have to let it go. I can't do anything about anything that happened yesterday or even an hour ago; you just have to let that stuff go and keep trying to lift the country up. Ms. Soren. Well, thank you very much.”