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How to align responsively blockquote element with <p> block of text


I have been having a hard time with making the closing quotation mark appear at the end of my quote text. Im attaching picture of how it is and how I would like to make it. Picture of alignment

How can make the closing quotation mark appear at the end of the text?

blockquote {
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-style: italic;
  width: 500px;
  margin: 0.25em 0;
  padding: 0.25em 40px;
  line-height: 1.45;
  position: relative;
  color: #616161;
}

blockquote:before {
  display: block;
  content: "\201C";
  font-size: 80px;
  position: absolute;
  left: -20px;
  top: -20px;
  color: #7a7a7a;
}

blockquote:after {
  display: block;
  content: "\201D";
  font-size: 80px;
  position: inherit;
  color: #7a7a7a;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

blockquote cite {
  color: #999999;
  font-size: 14px;
  display: block;
  margin-top: 5px;
}

blockquote cite:after {
  content: "\2019 \2009";
}

blockquote cite:before {
  content: "\2014 \2009";
}
<div class="w3-quarter w3-container">
  <img src="Images/pfp.png" alt="PFP" style="width:100%; height:100%; object-fit: contain;">
</div>
<div class="w3-threequarter w3-container">
  <blockquote style="width:auto;">
    <p style="text-align:justify;">
      Vážení spoluobčania, <br> Vitajte na stránke SIRIUS. <br> Kolektív SIRIUS sa podujal vytvoriť ju po prvých podujatiach 22. 8. 2022 a 24.8.2022. všetky vaše otázky a podnety – stanete sa spolutvorcami nového SIRIUSu. <br> <br>
  </blockquote>
  Tešíme sa na stretnutie, <br> Za kolektív SIRIUS <br> Ľ. Skladaný <br>
  </p>
</div>
</div>


Solution

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    blockquote {
        font-family: Georgia, serif;
        font-size: 18px;
        font-style: italic;
        width: 500px;
        margin: 0.25em 0;
        padding: 0.25em 40px;
        line-height: 1.45;
        position: relative;
        color: #616161;
    }
    
    blockquote:before {
        display: block;
        content: "\201C";
        font-size: 80px;
        position: absolute;
        left: -20px;
        top: -20px;
        color: #7a7a7a;
    }
    
    blockquote:after {
        display: block;
        content: "\201D";
        font-size: 80px;
        position: absolute;
        bottom: -40px;
        right: 0;
        color: #7a7a7a;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
    }
    
    blockquote cite {
        color: #999999;
        font-size: 14px;
        display: block;
        margin-top: 5px;
    }
    
    blockquote cite:after {
        content: "\2019 \2009";
    }
    
    blockquote cite:before {
        content: "\2014 \2009";
    }
    <div class="w3-quarter w3-container">
            <img src="Images/pfp.png" alt="PFP" style="width:100%; height:100%; object-fit: contain;">
          </div>
          <div class="w3-threequarter w3-container">
            <blockquote style="width:auto;">
              <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0;">
                Vážení spoluobčania, <br>
                Vitajte na stránke SIRIUS. <br>
                Kolektív SIRIUS sa podujal vytvoriť ju po prvých podujatiach 22. 8. 2022 a 24.8.2022. 
                všetky vaše otázky a podnety – stanete sa spolutvorcami nového SIRIUSu. <br> <br>
                </blockquote>
                Tešíme sa na stretnutie, <br> 
                Za kolektív SIRIUS <br>
                Ľ. Skladaný <br>
              </p>
          </div>
        </div>