--- title: "14 Historical Event Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 14 Historical Event quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Historical Event sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/ernst-zundel-27355_brutal_what-we-have-to-do-now-is-to-make-the-pu_1910639.jpg" --- > [What we have to do now is to make the public at large aware that what we're looking at is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-zundel/what-we-have-to-do-now-is-to-make-the-public-at-large-aware-that-what/) [Ernst Zundel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-zundel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/ernst-zundel-27355_brutal_what-we-have-to-do-now-is-to-make-the-pu_1910639.jpg) > [The Holocaust is as real a historical event as World War II itself and not to be challenged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-loach/the-holocaust-is-as-real-a-historical-event-as-world-war-ii-itself/) [Ken Loach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-loach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/ken-loach-4106_event_the-holocaust-is-as-real-a-historical-ev_1007922.png) > [“Islamic conquest " the greatest historical event in the gates of greatness. No event resembles it in the history of East and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-al-tantawi/islamic-conquest-the-greatest-historical-event-in-the-gates-of/) [Ali Al-Tantawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-al-tantawi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/ali-al-tantawi-73926_east-and-west_islamic-conquest-the-greatest-historical_3034606.jpg) > [We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-queneau/we-have-gotten-away-from-this-double-aspect-of-either-putting-the/) [Raymond Queneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-queneau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/raymond-queneau-12265_aspect_we-have-gotten-away-from-this-double-asp_1556960.jpg) > [History tends to take the simplest possible view. As soon as you start to scratch the surface of any historical event, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcquarrie/history-tends-to-take-the-simplest-possible-view-as-soon-as-you-start/) [Christopher McQuarrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcquarrie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/christopher-mcquarrie-14283_any_history-tends-to-take-the-simplest-possi_2347151.jpg) > [“Any time we discuss a historical event, we review the facts, and sometimes we argue about what really took place, what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/any-time-we-discuss-a-historical-event-we-review-the-facts-and/) [R.C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/r-c-sproul-2-1477_agree-to-disagree_any-time-we-discuss-a-historical-event-w_2206581.jpg) > [“the issue in historical explanation is to explain the character and not the mere occurrence of events. A historical event is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-nardin/the-issue-in-historical-explanation-is-to-explain-the-character-and/) [Terry Nardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-nardin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/terry-nardin-36828_history_the-issue-in-historical-explanation-is-t_1679633.jpg) > [Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/any-single-historical-event-is-too-complex-to-be-adequately-known-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/anonymous-1_capacity_any-single-historical-event-is-too-compl_3172139.jpg) > [“It is a precisely datable historical event having the full weight that real historical happenings have; like them, too, it happens once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/it-is-a-precisely-datable-historical-event-having-the-full-weight/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/pope-benedict-xvi-414_history_it-is-a-precisely-datable-historical-eve_1431165.jpg) > [In 'Labor Day Hurricane, 1935,' Douglas Trevor vividly recreates a historical event. While that is the only story in A THIN TEAR…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-dybek/in-labor-day-hurricane-1935-douglas-trevor-vividly-recreates-a/) [Stuart Dybek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-dybek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/stuart-dybek-30029_effects_in-labor-day-hurricane-1935-douglas-trev_316341.png) > [One of the questions I face when working on a book about a historical event is whether I should visit the actual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/one-of-the-questions-i-face-when-working-on-a-book-about-a-historical/) [Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/nathaniel-philbrick-9218_about_one-of-the-questions-i-face-when-working_630613.jpg) > [“In times when history still moved slowly, events were few and far between and easily committed to memory. They formed a commonly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/in-times-when-history-still-moved-slowly-events-were-few-and-far-2/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36b/milan-kundera-120_historical_in-times-when-history-still-moved-slowly_2733730.jpg) > [I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-think-a-lot-of-my-interest-in-history-now-isn-t-so-much-in-places/) [Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/sufjan-stevens-5325_events_i-think-a-lot-of-my-interest-in-history_3099849.jpg) > [“In times when history still moved slowly, events were few and far between and easily committed to memory. They formed a commonly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/in-times-when-history-still-moved-slowly-events-were-few-and-far/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/milan-kundera-120_adventure_in-times-when-history-still-moved-slowly_1944345.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/historical-event/#itemlist", "name": "Historical Event Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What we have to do now is to make the public at large aware that what we're looking at is not a historical event but - and I have to be brutal and I am going to say it - a racket.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernst Zundel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-zundel/what-we-have-to-do-now-is-to-make-the-public-at-large-aware-that-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/ernst-zundel-27355_brutal_what-we-have-to-do-now-is-to-make-the-pu_1910639.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/ernst-zundel-27355_brutal_what-we-have-to-do-now-is-to-make-the-pu_1910639.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/ernst-zundel-27355_brutal_what-we-have-to-do-now-is-to-make-the-pu_1910639.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What we have to do now is to make the public at large aware that what we're looking at is not a historical…” — Ernst Zundel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Holocaust is as real a historical event as World War II itself and not to be challenged.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken Loach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-loach/the-holocaust-is-as-real-a-historical-event-as-world-war-ii-itself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/ken-loach-4106_event_the-holocaust-is-as-real-a-historical-ev_1007922.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/ken-loach-4106_event_the-holocaust-is-as-real-a-historical-ev_1007922.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/ken-loach-4106_event_the-holocaust-is-as-real-a-historical-ev_1007922.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Holocaust is as real a historical event as World War II itself and not to be challenged.” — Ken Loach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Islamic conquest \" the greatest historical event in the gates of greatness. 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And if that doesn't happen, then I usually transplant myself and my own stories to a particular historical event. Which is why you'll see me, the first person pronoun, interacting in a song about Carl Sandburg, or you'll find my [sic] interacting with Saul Bellow. 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