No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.

I have fought against spending. I have fought against special interests. I have fought for reform.

Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most destructive trends of the global economy.

I think [Obamacare] will survive. Or it may be called something else. And as I said I don't don't mind.

That's part of what I tried to describe to my team and supporters after the election, there was a lot of disappointment.

My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have finite political capital, energy, resources, we need to win those fights.

You're the reason why selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love.