HTML Tutorial

Blockquote Element

The blockquote element can be used to quote a large amount of text from a given source. Similar to the english language, the blockquote offsets the quoted text from the rest of the content.

Attributes

None exist for this tag.

Example

Code:

<html>
	...
	<body>
		<p>Abraham Lincoln quote from the Gettysburg Address:</p>
		<blockquote>
		Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, 
		conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
		</blockquote>
	</body>
	...
</html>

Screen Output:

Abraham Lincoln quote from the Gettysburg Address:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.