HTML Text Question [RESOLVED]

This is really dumb but I can't seem to figure it out. How can I make it where text is a certain distance away from the "margin"? My problem is that all of my text in a column is really close to the sides of the column and it looks tacky. Can anyone help? Thanks, Jeremy

Well it says resolved, but in case anyone wants to know ;)

Code:

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<p style="margin-left: 2em;"></p>

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or

Code:

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<p style="padding-left: 2em;"></p>

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for the insides of a block.