Align Quote to right

Question

I want to align

\begin{quote}
  Text
  Author (\cite{Source})
\end{quote}

to the right side of the paper. How can I do this?

Answer 1

redefine the quote environment

\renewenvironment{quote}
  {\begin{trivlist} \setlength\leftskip{2cm} \setlength\rightskip{0pt}
   \item\relax}
  {\end{trivlist}}

or define a new Quote environment with the same code

Answer 2

Staying close to the definition of the quote environment (in the article class file), I'd recommend the following redefinition in order to achieve what (I think) you're looking for:

\makeatletter
\renewenvironment{quote}
     {\list{}{
        \if@twocolumn
           \leftmargin {3em} 
               \else
                \leftmargin {5em}
               \fi
               \rightmargin 0pt}%
            \item\relax}
    {\endlist}
\makeatother

Remark: If you're sure you're only going to use this code in a single-column environment, you can simplify the code considerably (note, in particular, that you no longer need the \makeatletter and \makeatother commands):

\newenvironment{quote}
     {\list{}{\leftmargin {5em}
              \rightmargin{0pt}}%
       \item\relax}
     {\endlist}

Of course, depending on your preferences, you may prefer to increase or decrease the amount of left-hand indentation; the 5em amount is simply an example (obtained by doubling the amount set in the article.cls file).

Answer 3

Add to your preamble:

    \makeatletter{}
\g@addto@macro\quote\flushright
\makeatother

And quotes will be printed flushright.