“Instead of investing in what has been, we need to challenge ourselves to invest for what will be.” — Diane Danielson 

“The US post-automobile age? Fine, bring it on, but only after time well spent on study before the money flows.” — Gerard Koeppel  

“Transportation accounts for more than a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions.” — Bryant Aaron Jr. 

“Just building more regardless of where it’s coming from is not the answer.” — Melissa Gough 

“Sadly, our only long-term public investment for the 21st century is the $1 trillion that the United States plans to spend on updating our nuclear triad.” — Edie Allen 

The decision “potentially sets back 100 years of patient protections and makes a mockery of the scientific process.” — Dr. Julie Kaufmann 

“Endless hearings have replaced legislation.” — Nancy Hughes 

“What stood out for the three of us, each of us from a city touched by terrorist attacks, were the hundreds of people who continued to go about their business.” — Kathie Skinner 

“If the gun industry wants to file lawsuits, so be it. The attorney general has already said she looks forward to seeing them in court.” — Susan Kooperstein 

“What would he prepare for if he’s elected?” — Carol O’Hare 

“The letters you publish always seem to be in favor of her, but you rarely air the opinions of supporters of Donald Trump.” — Susan Fiorello 

Trump “was just as rude to the 16 Republican candidates during their primary debates.” — Chris Smith 

“I am appalled, but not surprised, that once again, the people doing the dirtiest work and making the lowest wages will suffer from our constant drive to cut costs.” — Senator Ken Donnelly 

“I have a few observations on the hand gesture — index finger and thumb forming a circle — that Donald Trump has a penchant for using.” — Joanne Pereira 

“I wish this 78 percent could see that Trump stands in opposition to everything that it means to actually be a Christian.” — The Rev. Nathaniel Manderson 

“Trump’s message is: ‘You’re all alone — except for me.’ Consider how devastating this kind of intellectual disarmament is.” — Charles S. White 

“No matter what Trump says or does, someone has to clean it up.” — Ron Pagliarulo 

“I’ve spent my life traveling through the Casas Grandes region [and] I have yet to experience any violence from narcos, the military, or even rattlesnakes.” — Fabiola E. Silva 

“Perhaps the real reason it hasn’t received the attention it deserves is that the public has not demanded it.” — Frederick Hewett 

“Your headline should have read ‘Clinton could do more, but Trump will do nothing on climate change.’ ” — Michael Sullivan 

“From the partial meltdown of Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 to the Chernobyl accident in 1986 to Fukushima in 2011, we see that nuclear power is not what it was cracked up to be.” — Julie R. Bernstein 

“Each disabled individual has unique needs, and their consistent care by the same few PCAs is essential to a smoothly functioning life.” — Dr. Paul Corcoran 

“AIM supports fair treatment of pregnant women and is open to discussions to eliminate provisions of the bill that would place an undue burden on employers.” — Richard C. Lord 

“ ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is not ‘just a war song.’ It is a defense-of-freedom anthem.” — John Krall 

“We need more dialogue and less fear, and never do we want our residents to think it is a good idea not to comply with a police officer’s direction.” — The Rev. Mark V. Scott