“Two armies at death-grips — that is one great army committing suicide.”
Henri Barbusse book Under Fire
Variant translation: Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.
Under Fire (1916), Ch. 1 - The Vision
“In comparison with 2006, the death rate has decreased by two times, and it is the lowest since the formation of the army. But we can not say this is a good result, because even one death is a loss for us.”
Quoted in 2008 article. [about the death of soldiers, January 2008]
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Nikos Kazantzakis book The Saviors of God
The Saviors of God (1923)
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Norman Cousins (1915–1990) American journalist
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Jeremy Corbyn (1949) British Labour Party politician
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1980s
“The death of one man is a just death, the death of two millions is a statistic.”
Erich Maria Remarque book The Black Obelisk
Aber das ist wohl so, weil ein einzelner immer der Tod ist — und zwei Millionen immer nur eine Statistik.
Der schwarze Obelisk (1956)
A variant of this quote "One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is just a statistic." has also been attributed to Joseph Stalin, but no source for this has been found. This version appeared in the English press not later than 1958. (Ремарк, Эрих Мария // Словарь современных цитат / составитель К. В. Душенко — Москва: изд-во «Эксмо», 2006)