Question

The time is now. We must move beyond rhetoric. We must move beyond recognition of problems to working together, to have the common efforts to build that common ground we hope to see.

–“Address to the United Nations Fourth
World Conference on Women,”
Hillary Clinton

Which sentence correctly integrates a direct quotation from Clinton’s speech?

The urgency behind Clinton’s words cannot be missed: “The time is now.”
Clinton makes her message clear when she tells listeners that the time is “now.” (Clinton)
She emphatically reminds us throughout her speech that the “time is now.”
“As she says in the closing of her speech, the time is now (Clinton).”

Answer 1

The urgency behind Clinton’s words cannot be missed: “The time is now.”

This one is correct because a complete-sentence quotation is properly introduced with a colon and punctuated correctly. The others have punctuation/citation problems or awkward integration.