Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A: Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

B: Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

C: Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”

D: Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, ‘A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.’

C: Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”