We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions.

I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.

The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.

This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

I have made it a top priority for my administration to deepen cooperation with Israel across the whole spectrum of security issues - intelligence, military, technology.

And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it.