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The <blockquote></blockquote> tag designates quoted text - generally long quotations where a paragraph break is appropriate

Do not use blockquote to indent text. This use of blockquote has been deprecated in favor of style sheets.

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All attributes are optional unless indicated.

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Long quotations from external sources. The following tags are valid within the <blockquote></blockquote> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, blockquote, br, button, center, cite, code, dfn, dir, div, dl, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, iframe, img, input, isindex, kbd, label, map, menu, noframes, noscript, object, ol, p, pre, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, textarea, tt, u, ul, var

The <blockquote></blockquote> tag is valid within the following tags:
blockquote, body, button, center, dd, div, fieldset, form, iframe, li noframes, noscript, object, td, th

• Standard blockquote
  

  <blockquote>
  The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things.
  </blockquote>

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• Blockquote with citation
  

  <blockquote cite="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/text.html#edef-BLOCKQUOTE">
  These two elements [Q and BLOCKQUOTE] designate quoted text.
  </blockquote>

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• Most browsers display blockquote indented on both the right and left sides, but you should not use blockquote to indent. If you need to indent your text and it's not a long quotation, use style sheets instead.
• Some browsers may render this content in italics as well as indented.

• Playing with Blockquote and CSS
• <q></q>
• Use the CSS Property margin Instead
• What is the Q Tag?

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