quote

quote

This operator returns its argument unevaluated. Quote can be abbreviated by '.

(quote foo)          ; foo
(quote "foo")        ; "foo"
(quote 1)            ; 1
(quote (1 2 3))      ; (1 2 3)
(quote (list 1 2 3)) ; (list 1 2 3)
'foo                 ; foo
'(1 2 3)             ; (1 2 3)