"The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin
Not an inspiring quote at all. When he said this, he was talking about how if we were to see many people die, we wouldn't feel sad for them, however we would only think of them as numbers. Look at all the mass killings in history, we tend to focus on the numbers killed rather than the everyday individuals. An example is would be the new media "1,000 people died in a car crash today." When a single individual is killed, he/she is the only one we can focus on and we tend to learn a bit more about him, which can bring sadness. An example being "Joe died in a fist a fight today, he was the only casuality during the fight. He will leave behind his wife and two kids."