“quantity has a quality all it’s own” - often misattributed to stalin. i heard it from @hardcorehistory who quoted napoleon.
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Replying to @jessereiss
It's also possible that neither said it. Quotes are notoriously difficult to pin down…
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i’d wager that’s the truth, though it is quite compelling to imagine those words being said by napoleon on the eve of the battle of austerlitz or by stalin in the midst of the battle of stalingrad.
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They both were accustomed to spending the lives of their troops like water and being pretty cavalier about casualties. It would fit even if they never said it.
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