[Ads-l] Quote: A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic (Rewritten QI entry)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Stephen, Thank you very much for this information about the Kurt
Tucholsky citaition.  Garson

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
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> Apparently the article noted below appeared in Vossische Zeitung (Berlin), =
> August 23, 1925, under the pseudonym Peter Panter.
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> Stephen
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> The saying (with variations) attributed to Stalin in 1947 and later--one's =
> man's death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic--may draw on a wr=
> iting of Kurt Tucholsky from 1925 (and in at least three later printings), =
> Franz=F6sischer Witz. A French diplomat is represented as saying, "Der Krie=
> g? Ich kann das nicht so schrecklich finden! Der Tod eines Menschen: das is=
> t eine Katastrophe. Hunderttausend Tote: das ist eine Statistik!" (Tucholsk=
> y, Gesamtausgabe, Band 7, Text 136, page 375).
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> Stephen Goranson
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> Fred, Charlie, Ralph Keyes, Jonathon Green and others have written
> references that mention a well-known quotation that has been
> attributed to Joseph Stalin. Back in May 2010 I posted an entry on the
> topic. Now based on feedback and further research I have updated and
> overhauled the post.
>
> Thanks to Stephen Goranson, Barry Popik, James Marx, Wikiquote, Alex
> Stroup, Mary, and Tucker Lieberman.If I inadvertently left your name
> out of the acknowledgement section please let me know.
>
> A Single Death is a Tragedy; a Million Deaths is a Statistic
> http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/21/death-statistic/
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> The citation for Kurt Tucholsky is dated 1932 because the 1932 German
> text and page scans are fully accessible and thus verifiable online. I
> do not know the earliest date for his pertinent quotation.
>
> Feedback welcome,
> Garson
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