<blockquote>

HTML `<blockquote>` Tag

Example

<blockquote cite="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change">Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns.</blockquote>

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Meaning

The <blockquote> element indicates that the enclosed text is an extended quotation.

Version: HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5

Standard Syntax

<blockquote cite="SourceURL">quote </blockquote>

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
cite	URL	The value of this attribute should be a URL for the document in which the information cited can be found.

Global Attributes

<blockquote> element also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

<blockquote> element also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

By Default CSS Value(s)

Most of the browsers will display the <blockquote> element with the following by default value(s)

blockquote {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 16px;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
  margin-left: 40px;
  margin-right: 40px;
}