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title: "11 History Wrong Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 History Wrong quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best History Wrong sayings and thoughts."
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> [No one in history had ever done less and yet been so wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-johnson/no-one-in-history-had-ever-done-less-and-yet-been-so-wrong/)

[Maureen Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/maureen-johnson-1282_done_no-one-in-history-had-ever-done-less-and_808469.png)

> [Recorded history is wrong. It’s wrong because the voiceless have no voice in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/recorded-history-is-wrong-it-s-wrong-because-the-voiceless-have-no/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/mary-lee-settle-47976_history_recorded-history-is-wrong-it-s-wrong-bec_2610097.jpg)

> [Somewhere, something incredible happened in history - the wrong guys won.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mailer/somewhere-something-incredible-happened-in-history-the-wrong-guys-won/)

[Norman Mailer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mailer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/norman-mailer-839_guy_somewhere-something-incredible-happened_1739163.png)

> [Getting its history wrong is part of being a nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-renan/getting-its-history-wrong-is-part-of-being-a-nation/)

[Ernest Renan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-renan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/ernest-renan-11034_funny_getting-its-history-wrong-is-part-of-bei_2133609.jpg)

> [Denying that the issue of marriage equality has changed is being on the wrong side of history and on the wrong side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-navarro/denying-that-the-issue-of-marriage-equality-has-changed-is-being-on/)

[Ana Navarro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-navarro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21a/ana-navarro-8319_equality_denying-that-the-issue-of-marriage-equal_3028341.jpg)

> [“But this universe is the only one that matters, and I have one last question for you: I didn’t get our history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-silvera/but-this-universe-is-the-only-one-that-matters-and-i-have-one-last/)

[Adam Silvera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-silvera/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/adam-silvera-2264_history_but-this-universe-is-the-only-one-that-m_1421250.jpg)

> [“Sometimes people have too much history together, history of the wrong kind, and people cannot tear pages from the book of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-david-jahn/sometimes-people-have-too-much-history-together-history-of-the-wrong/)

[Ryan David Jahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-david-jahn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/ryan-david-jahn-59471_books_sometimes-people-have-too-much-history-t_252063.jpg)

> [ \[Albert\] Camus always insisted that historical criteria and historical reasoning were not the only things to take into account, and that they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-camus/albert-camus-always-insisted-that-historical-criteria-and-historical/)

[Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-camus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/catherine-camus-12238_accounts_albert-camus-always-insisted-that-histor_1773895.jpg)

> [I've got no problem with getting history wrong for a purpose - Shakespeare often got things wrong for a reason. But it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-ve-got-no-problem-with-getting-history-wrong-for-a-purpose/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/david-starkey-4242_arrogance_i-ve-got-no-problem-with-getting-history_434367.png)

> [Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wayne/watergate-is-a-sad-and-tragic-incident-in-our-history-they-were-wrong/)

[John Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wayne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/john-wayne-2572_history_watergate-is-a-sad-and-tragic-incident-i_2931259.jpg)

> [I am interested in the possibility that we are going to be wrong in the same way that history has indicated that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-am-interested-in-the-possibility-that-we-are-going-to-be-wrong-in/)

[Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/chuck-klosterman-804_being-wrong_i-am-interested-in-the-possibility-that_1733011.png)

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