Examples of in-text parenthetical documentation with lead-in and analysis:
Direct quote with author’s name in text:
Religious leaders, who believed in the dominance of the Anglo
Saxon race, spoke out in favor of Imperialism. Josiah Strong, a popular Protestant clergyman who wrote Our Country , believed that the Americans of German and British descent were God’s representatives - a “race of unequaled energy, with all the majesty of numbers and the might of wealth behind it… will spread itself over the earth” (83). Strong’s argument that the white European race had a divine right to conquer other lands demonstrates the culturally accepted racist views at the time. His statement also shows the power and involvement that religious groups had on the political policies in the United States.
Direct quote with author’s name in parenthetical reference:
Religious leaders, who believed in the dominance of the Anglo
Saxon race, spoke out in favor of Imperialism. One popular
Protestant clergyman believed that the Americans of German and British descent were God’s representatives - a “race of unequaled energy, with all the majesty of numbers and the might of wealth behind it… will spread itself over the earth” (Strong,
83).
Strong’s argument that the white European race had a divine right to conquer other lands demonstrates the culturally accepted racist views at the time. His statement also shows the power and involvement that religious groups had on the political policies in the United States.

Example of a quote longer than four lines:
Imperialism was debated by presidential candidates. In William
Jennings Bryan’s acceptance speech for the democratic nomination for President on August 8, 1900 , he defends his argument against Imperialism by indicating it is not in the best economic interests of everyday Americans:
Imperialism would be profitable to the Army contractors; it would be profitable to the shipowners, who would carry live soldiers to the Philippines and bring dead soldiers back; it would be profitable to those who would seize upon the franchises, and it would be profitable to the officials whose salaries would be fixed here and paid over there; but to the farmer, to the laboring man, and to the vast majority of those engaged in other occupations, it would bring expenditure return and risk without reward. (83)
Bryan believes that the common man would not benefit economically if the United States expanded into the Philippines.
It would cost money to secure the area militarily, and any money the government invested would be spent overseas with no benefit to people in America.