Hi,
Let us pretend that John Doe has uttered these words with Xed-out words.

John Doe: *** men need to exercise more, rather than eating and eating; they need to move around.

If someone wants to incorporate this into his writing, what ways are available? I think it talks about men of a certain country (or from a certain region) not doing enough physical exercises. Any guidelines or tips? 

1. All along, I have argued that people around the world have grown less active as supported by what John Doe said, "*** men need to exercise more, rather than eating and eating; they need to move around.'

2. My research has indicated that people from *** have grown inactive over the last few years. With growing wealth and technology seem to have come a less need to move around as supported by what John Doe said, "*** men need to exercise more, rather than eating and eating; they need to move around."

3. I would argue that men of *** "need to exercise more" as John Doe said.

If I couldn't remember who said this and the exact words, how could I incorporate it into the writing? Like this? Any better way?

I have been talking about the need to exercise more by men around the world, like what someone has said something to the effect that men of *** need to exercise more and move around and should keep on eating and eating without doing any substantial exercises. 

Sorry for a long question but why it did not put "we" inside the quotation marks??

"We have made a mistake." John Doe proclaimed to his students, and we "have made fools of ourselves."