Highlights of Barack Obama's speech

Chicago: In his victory speech in Chicago after winning a second four-year term as US President, Barack Obama thanked his supporters and promised them that "the best is yet to come." Here are the highlights of what he said:

• The task of perfecting our union moves forward
• We are an American family, we rise & fall together
• America, the best is yet to come
• I congratulate Governor Romney
• I plan to sit with Mitt Romney, see how we can work together
• I wouldn't have been the man I am without the woman I married
• Thank you for believing, you lifted me up all the way
• Arguments in democracy are a mark of liberty
• Despite our differences, we have the same hopes
• Whether I've earned your vote or not, I listened to you
• Plan to meet leaders from both parties, we have work to do
• I have never been more hopeful about America
• I believe we can build on the progress we have made
• It doesn't matter who you are, you can make it here in America
• Let me say this publicly - Michelle I have never loved you more
• Sasha and Malia - you are growing up to become strong women just like your mom
• Want to thank America's happy warrior - the best vice-president one can ever ask for - Joe Biden
• The best...best ever campaign team...all of you are family. No matter what you do or where you go, you will carry the memory of the history we made together
• We want our kids to live in a country with access to best schools and best education
• We want to pass on a country that is safe and respected around the world, a nation defended by the strongest military, a country that moves with confidence to shape peace
• Progress will come in fits and starts
• Our economy is recovered, a decade of war is ending and a long campaign is over
• Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you and you have made me a better President
• I return to the White House more determined and wiser
• Tonight, you voted for action, not politics as usual
• We have the most powerful military but that is not what makes us strong
• What makes us great is the belief in our common destiny
• I believe that we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggest
• We are more than a collection of red states and blue states and we will be forever the United States of America