Did Stalin really say so?

[Lauren Leighton]

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Dear Colleagues,
Could anybody tell me whether it is right to attribute the saying gA
single death is a tragedy, a million deaths

Mitsuyoshi Numano
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
The University of Tokyo


The quote is from Shakespeare. Sorry, I don't remember which play. I seem to
recall that Dostoyevsky either used it in Crime and Punishment, or in
reference to the novel. In any case, it is an ideal quote for use in
lectures or discussion of the novel. The quote has been applied to Stalin,
and of course to Hitler. Perhaps Nietsche used it?

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