quotation & quote (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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### 8.20 `quotation` & `quote`

Synopsis:

    \begin{quotation}
      text
    \end{quotation}

or

    \begin{quote}
      text
    \end{quote}

Include a quotation. Both environments indent margins on both sides by `\leftmargin` and the text is right-justified.

They differ in how they treat paragraphs. In the `quotation` environment, paragraphs are indented by 1.5em and the space between paragraphs is small, `0pt plus 1pt`. In the `quote` environment, paragraphs are not indented and there is vertical space between paragraphs (it is the rubber length `\parsep`).

    \begin{quotation} \small\it
      Four score and seven years ago
      ... shall not perish from the earth.
      \hspace{1em plus 1fill}---Abraham Lincoln
    \end{quotation}

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