British Prime Minister Theresa May: "What this country needs now more than ever is certainty."
She continued: "Having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the General Election it is clear that only the Conservative and Unionist party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the House of Commons."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn: "Politics has changed. Politics is not going back into the box where it was before."
The election was called for the PM to gain in popularity but politics has changed and people have had enough - Jeremy Corbyn pic.twitter.com/tiUDHnUtss
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 9, 2017
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams: "There's no danger whatsoever of us taking our seats in Westminster."
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage: "We may be looking down the barrel of another referendum."
Former NI Secretary Peter Hain on Theresa May: "She was evasive, she was arrogant, she was negative."
DUP leader Arlene Foster said: "The DUP will always strive for the best deal for Northern Ireland and it's people, but equally we want the best for all in the United Kingdom."
Arlene Foster says the DUP will always strive for the best for Northern Ireland and its people, and for all in the UK pic.twitter.com/ZJNWakWR3X
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 9, 2017
Former chancellor George Osborne, also on Theresa May: "Clearly if she's got a worse result than two years ago and is almost unable to form a government then she I doubt will survive in the long term as Conservative Party leader."
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon: "The damage the Tories have done to the stability and the reputation of the UK cannot be overstated."
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson on the woman of the hour: "She said she was 'strong and stable'. The public saw that she was weak and wobbly."
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell: "I was expecting Boris Johnson to launch his leadership campaign tonight. But clearly not tonight, maybe tomorrow."
Former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg after losing his seat: "We saw that in the Brexit referendum last year and we see it here again tonight, polarised between left and right, between different regions and nations and areas of the country, but most gravely of all, this huge gulf now between young and old."
Meanwhile, current Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has called on Theresa May to resign, saying: "The future of our country is less certain than it was when Theresa May called this election," before adding, "If she has an ounce of respect she will resign."
Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron says "the future of our country is less certain than it was when Theresa May called this election" pic.twitter.com/vlZm4JnZWT
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 9, 2017
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall resigned following his failure to secure the seat in Boston and Skegness. He branded the election "foolish", saying: "What a hubrish, foolish, politically naive election to call. It has put our Brexit at risk."
Former SNP first minister Alex Salmond quoted a Jacobite song after losing his Gordon seat to the Conservatives: "You've not seen the last of my bonnet and me."
Conservative MP for Ribble Valley Nigel Evans summed up what was the story of the Tory election campaign, saying: "It was a Rolls-Royce at the beginning and a clapped-out Robin Reliant at the end."
