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"The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic."

January 1, 1970

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It is commonly misattributed to Joseph Stalin, variously claimed to have been said in 1933 in references to the deaths from the Holodomor or in conversation with Winston Churchill at the Tehran or Potsdam Conference in reference to the deaths of troops. It has also been misattributed to Adolf Eichmann.

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It is commonly misattributed to Joseph Stalin, variously claimed to have been said in 1933 in references to the deaths from the Holodomor or in conversation with Winston Churchill at the Tehran or Potsdam Conference in reference to the deaths of troops. It has also been misattributed to Adolf Eichmann.