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Bill Clinton: Yes. If someone--if I read a column, like an op-ed column, of someone who says, I think the Clinton administration…

On the recordDecember 22, 1999
Yes. If someone--if I read a column, like an op-ed column, of someone who says, I think the Clinton administration policy is all wet on this for these reasons, I read that, because Benjamin Franklin said, ``Our critics are our friends. They show us our faults.'' But I cannot--you can't afford to be angry as President. If you're angry all the time over things people say about you--you can be angry about what happens to the American people. But if you're angry about what happens to you, then you're wasting a lot of time and emotional energy that belongs to the American people. And you're not going to make good decisions. So nothing really good can come with that. Mr. King. You really feel like an employee of the people?
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