Indent each line of a paragraph in Latex?

I would like to indent some text in Latex to get the following effect:

This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is
a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a
paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is
a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a
paragraph. This is a paragraph. A Single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement.

To get the above effect, I tried \;, \: etc - but that doesn't do anything. \hspace{} doesn't work at the beginning of a new line; Also I tried playing around with \hangindent etc, but that just indents the first statement. How can I do this?

2 Answers

To indent whole passages, you could wrap it in a minipage and shift the minipage as far to the left as you like:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is
a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a
paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is
a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a
paragraph. This is a paragraph.
\hspace*{1cm}%
\begin{minipage}{.8\textwidth}% A Single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement.
\end{minipage}%
\end{document}

Or you could use the quote environment, this will also shift all lines:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is
a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a
paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is
a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a
paragraph. This is a paragraph.
\begin{quote} A Single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement. Another single line statement.
\end{quote}%
\end{document}

When you want a new paragraph to begin, you have just to put an empty line:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
A Single line statement.
Another single line statement.
Another single line statement.
Another single line statement.
Another single line statement.
Another single line statement.
\end{document}

If you do not want to insert all those empty lines, use the \par command:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is
a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a
paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph.
This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is
a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a
paragraph. This is a paragraph.\par A Single line statement. \par
Another single line statement.\par
Another single line statement.\par
Another single line statement.\par
Another single line statement.\par
Another single line statement.\par
\end{document}

In case you need further information or you want to modify the basic setting, have a look here and/or here.