




HTML <blockquote> tag
HTML <blockquote> tag is used to define a block of text which is quoted from another source. The Browser usually displays the content within <blockquote> tag as indented text.
If you want to insert a long quote then use <blockquote> and for short or inline quote use <q> tag.
Syntax


<blockquote> quoted text......</blockquote>


Following are some specifications about the <blockquote> tag


Display
Block


Start tag/End tag
Both start and End tag


Usage
Semantic/textual


Example


<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

	<title>Blockquote tag</title>

</head>

<body>

	<h2>Example of blockquote tag</h2>

	<p>A Great Motivational Quote :</p>

   <blockquote cite="https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/erin_cummings">

   	<p>

	 At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.

	 </p>

   </blockquote>

<cite>Erin Cummings</cite>

</body>

</html>



Output:

Styling <blockquote> tag


<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

	<title>Blockquote tag</title>

   <style>

   	blockquote{

   		text-align: justify;

   		background-color: #F7EAE9;

                           border-radius: 4px;

                           margin-right: 25px;}

   	cite{

   	  margin-left: 15px;}

   </style>

</head>

<body>

	<h2>Example of blockquote tag</h2>

	<p>A Great Motivational Quote:</p>

   <blockquote cite="https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/erin_cummings">

   	<p>

	 At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.

	 </p>

   </blockquote>

<cite>-Erin Cummings</cite>

</body>

</html>



Note: We have used CSS property margin-right: 25px to change the indentation applied to the text. You can also use margin-left or margin shorthand property.
Output:

Attribute
Tag specific attribute


Attribute
value
Description


cite
URL
It is used to specify the URL of the source from where the quote is taken.


Global attributes
The <blockquote> tag supports all the global attributes in HTML.
Event attributes
The <blockquote> tag supports all events attributes in HTML. 
Supporting Browsers

Element Chrome IE Firefox Opera Safari
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