Even a genuine quote can be presented out of context. For an example that is a bit on the nose, I recently read a quote from Sebastian Haffner about German his

Even a genuine quote can be presented out of context. For an example that is a bit on the nose, I recently read a quote from Sebastian Haffner about German history, that went like this: > Germany was a much happier place at the turn of the 20th century than it was in the 80s. Which sounds odd, coming from a left-wing, liberal journalist - unless you know from context that he was talking about the 1880s, not the 1980s. He was not wishing the Kaiserreich back, he was just comparing different historical phases of it. Nevertheless, without the context, the quote would look highly strange, even if it is technically not a fake.