Bill Clinton: “This is a struggle against racism and religious bigotry, and we will escalate that struggle as necessary.”

We've never seen anything like this before in my lifetime – somebody that says, 'Whatever I want should be the law of the land. It's my way or the highway.'

We have worked to give the American people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. And we have to give the American people one that lives within its means.

I hope that people will still believe in our democratic system enough to stick with it and keep pushing to make it work.

keeping everyone engaged until the agreement was reached