“It's hard to be a parent tonight for a lot of us. You tell your kids, 'Don't be a bully.' You tell your kids, 'Don't be a bigot.' You tell your kids, 'Do your homework and be prepared.' Then you have this outcome and you have people putting children to bed tonight. They're afraid of breakfast. They'…”— Van Jones, twitter.com
“When I was a kid I and my baseball team lost during a World Series I was allowed to miss school, is this the same as an adult? Can I miss work tomorrow?”— Enny R, facebook.com
“I feel so disgusted right now, I wish I could take a morning after pill for all of America right now #notmypresident #rapedbythesystem”— LaDivaNancy, twitter.com
“#NotMyPresident If you voted for Trump today be sure and tell your Latino, African American,LBGT, Women and Muslim friend you dont care.”— @Anneredmond13, twitter.com
“To those who didn't vote for me, of which there were a few, I'm reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so we can work together and unify our great country”— Donald Trump, youtube.com
“To all Republicans and Democrats across this nation, I say it is time for us to all come together as one united people. It's time. I pledge to every citizen in our land, that I will be a President for all Americans. And this is so important to me.”— Donald Trump, youtube.com
“I just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us, it's about us, on our victory. And I congratulated her and her family for a very hard fought campaign.”— Donald Trump, youtube.com
“This team has so much to be proud of. Whatever happens tonight, thank you for everything.”— Hillary Clinton, twitter.com
“This could be the fifth time that the popular vote winner could be the electoral lose.”— Sam Wang, nytimes.com
“Donald J. Trump, who ran an improbable and often ugly campaign against the establishment, was holding on to small but significant leads in a series of key battleground states on Tuesday night, upending months of polling that had given the advantage to Hillary Clinton and raising Republican hopes of…”— Michael D. Shear, nytimes.com
“The thing is, there has never been a perfect leader. There has never been a flawless president. There are always weaknesses, foibles and scandals. It takes more than a hundred years before the patina sets in, and even then, most great leaders throughout history had defects that would cause them to w…”— Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com
“My mother Dorothy was abandoned by her parents as a young girl. She ended up on her own at 14, working as a housemaid. She was saved by the kindness of others. The lesson she passed onto me, stuck with me: no-one gets through life alone. And she made sure I learned the words from our Methodist faith…”— Hillary Clinton, facebook.com
“My opponent has run his campaign on divisiveness, fear and insults, and spent months pitting Americans against each other. I’ve said many times that Donald Trump has shown us who he is. Now we have to decide who we are.”— Hillary Clinton, usatoday.com
“There’s so much more we need to do together, and we certainly won’t get it all done in the first 100 days. But we’re going to roll up our sleeves and get to work for American families — and I’ll never, ever quit. I want to be president for all Americans — Democrats, Republicans and independents; Ame…”— Hillary Clinton, usatoday.com
“The last president to sign comprehensive immigration reform was Ronald Reagan, and it was a priority for George W. Bush. I’m confident that we can work across the aisle to pass comprehensive reform that keeps families together and creates a path to citizenship, secures our border, and focuses our en…”— Hillary Clinton, usatoday.com
“To break the gridlock in Washington, we need to get secret, unaccountable money out of our politics. It’s drowning out the voices of the American people. So within my first 30 days, I will introduce a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. We should be protecting citizens’ rights to v…”— Hillary Clinton, usatoday.com
“Everything I’ve done, as first lady, senator, or secretary of State, I’ve done by listening to people and looking for common ground, even with people who disagree with me. And if you elect me on Tuesday, that’s the kind of president I’ll be.”— Hillary Clinton, usatoday.com