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Safety In Numbers

Feb 7th, 2009
by beth.

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is just a statistic.

Joseph Stalin*

* Interestingly enough, there is actually no credible evidence of Stalin ever saying this famous quote.

Posted in: Quotations.

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2 Comments

  1. John_RC says:
    February 8, 2009 at 7:27 am

    That is probably because he said it in Russian.

    1. beth says:
      February 8, 2009 at 1:48 pm

      Heh. Sound theory :) The problem is that there is no source for it, in Russian, or otherwise.

      As per Wikiquote:

      This quotation probably was originated from the novel “Der schwarze Obelisk” by Erich Maria Remarque (1956): “Aber das ist wohl so, weil ein einzelner immer der Tod ist — und zwei Millionen immer nur eine Statistik.”

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