According to CSS2, adding quote marks to any blockquote automatically, should be pain free. The spec handles it in such a way as to be entirely language independent – negating hard coded quote marks and allowing simple style sheet changes.
/* STANDARD QUOTES */
q { quotes: "\201C" "\201D" "\2018" "\2019"; }
q:lang(sv) { quotes: '\201D' '\201D' '\2019' '\2019'; }
q:lang(da) { quotes: '\00BB' '\00AB' '\203A' '\2039'; }
q:before { content: open-quote; }
q:after { content: close-quote; }
/* SAFARI SUPPORT */
q:before { content: '\201C'; }
q:after { content: '\201D'; }
q q:before { content: '\2018'; }
q q:after { content: '\2019'; }
/* BLOCKQUOTES */
blockquote * { quotes: none; }
blockquote > *:before { content: '\201C'; }
blockquote > *:after { content: '\201D'; }
blockquote q:before { content: '\2018'; }
blockquote q:after { content: '\2019'; }
/* LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC QUOTES SAFARI STYLE */
*[lang~='da'] q:before, q[lang~='da']:before,
*[lang~='da'] blockquote > *:before, blockquote[lang~='da'] > *:before { content: '\201E'; }
*[lang~='da'] q:after, q[lang~='da']:after,
*[lang~='da'] blockquote > *:after, blockquote[lang~='da'] > *:after { content: '\201C'; }
*[lang~='da'] q q:before, q[lang~='da'] q:before,
*[lang~='da'] blockquote q:before, blockquote[lang~='da'] q:before { content: '\2019'; }
*[lang~='da'] q q:after, q[lang~='da'] q:after,
*[lang~='da'] blockquote q:after, blockquote[lang~='da'] q:after { content: '\2019'; }
*[lang~='sv'] q:before, q[lang~='sv']:before,
*[lang~='sv'] blockquote > *:before, blockquote[lang~='sv'] > *:before { content: '\201D'; }
*[lang~='sv'] q:after, q[lang~='sv']:after,
*[lang~='sv'] blockquote > *:after, blockquote[lang~='sv'] > *:after { content: '\201D'; }
*[lang~='sv'] q q:before, q[lang~='sv'] q:before,
*[lang~='sv'] blockquote q:before, blockquote[lang~='sv'] q:before { content: '\2019'; }
*[lang~='sv'] q q:after, q[lang~='sv'] q:after,
*[lang~='sv'] blockquote q:after, blockquote[lang~='sv'] q:after { content: '\2019'; }
.blog-item blockquote{
display: block;
margin-left: 30px;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-right: 20px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
font-size: 120%;
font-weight: bold;
color: #bcc4a8 ;
}
.blog-item blockquote p{
line-height: 125%;
}