"If only one man dies of hunger, that is a tragedy. If millions die, that's only statistics."

[Miigwech]

"In the days when Stalin was Commissar of Munitions, a meeting was held of the highest ranking Commissars, and the principal matter for discussion was the famine then prevalent in the Ukraine. One official arose and made a speech about this tragedy — the tragedy of having millions of people dying of hunger. He began to enumerate death figures … Stalin interrupted him to say: “If only one man dies of hunger, that is a tragedy. If millions die, that’s only statistics.”

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/21/death-statistic/


Hummm, who does this remind me of?