[ceejayoz]

It's not like Stalin never had anything fair/correct/smart to say. Guy had some great quotes.

"A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron."

"We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences - 'true conformity' is possible only in the cemetery."

"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

[theclaw]

Whether or not Stalin actually said it, the quote is intended to excuse the murder of thousands - it's carelessly misinterpreted here.

[otalp]

Stalin probably didn't say it and the quote is usually used to highlight how the human brain cannot comprehend the devastation of a hundred deaths while it can easily feel grief for one death.