Politicians and public figures like to opine about all kinds of subjects, but only a few are clever enough to come up with anything memorable. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is well-known for this iconic aphorism ___ "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."

Fill in the blank with the correct punctuation.

A),

B) ...

C):

D);

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Tyrese Bradford

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8 December, 14:36

Politicians and public figures like to opine about all kinds of subjects, but only a few are clever enough to come up with anything memorable. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is well-known for this iconic aphorism ___ "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."

Fill in the blank with the correct punctuation.

A),

B) ...

C):

D);

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C):

A colon here is right to set up the quote from the introduction in the sentence. The lead in shows that the writer is about to provide a specific example, not a quote that continues the flow of the sentence. A colon allows the quote to stand alone from the rest of the sentence as an example.