Comments on: Safety In Numbers http://www.alphabethsoup.com/2009/02/07/safety-in-numbers/ I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am. I am. I am. Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: beth http://www.alphabethsoup.com/2009/02/07/safety-in-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-5 beth Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:48:47 +0000 http://www.alphabethsoup.com/?p=213#comment-5 Heh. Sound theory :) The problem is that there is no source for it, in Russian, or otherwise. As per <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" rel="nofollow">Wikiquote</a>: <blockquote>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."</blockquote> 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.”

]]> By: John_RC http://www.alphabethsoup.com/2009/02/07/safety-in-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-4 John_RC Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:27:08 +0000 http://www.alphabethsoup.com/?p=213#comment-4 That is probably because he said it in Russian. That is probably because he said it in Russian.

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