Which quotation is punctuated correctly?

A direct quotation after an introductory phrase is set off with a comma, as in “According to President Roosevelt, …”. In standard American punctuation, the period goes inside the closing quotation mark, so “The world was at the brink of war.” is punctuated correctly. The other choices place the period outside the quotation marks or omit the comma introducing the quotation.

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