Failing to induce adulation and submissiveness, the Angkar could only generate hatred. If concealment was the ultimate ploy for the leadership, it backfired and whipped up abhorrence in the context of total revolution. This might be one of the explanations… — Pol Pot Copy Share Image
When I die, my only wish is that Cambodia remain Cambodia and belong to the West. It is over for communism, and I want… — Pol Pot Copy Share
I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My… — Pol Pot Copy Share
If you wish to live exactly as you please, the Angkar will put aside a small piece of land for you. — Pol Pot Copy Share
If someone is very hungry, the Angkar will take him where he will be stuffed with food. — Pol Pot Copy Share
I do not reject responsibility - our movement made mistakes, like every other movement in the world. But there was another aspect that was… — Pol Pot Copy Share
I came to join the revolution, not to kill the Cambodian people. Look at me now. Am I a violent person? No. So, as… — Pol Pot Copy Share
For the other people, the babies, the young ones, I did not order them to be killed. For Son Sen and his family, yes.… — Pol Pot Copy Share
The first time I heard of Tuol Sleng, it was on the Voice of America. I listened twice. — Pol Pot Copy Share
I'm quite satisfied on one thing: If we had not carried out our struggle, Cambodia would have become another Kampuchea Krom in 1975. — Pol Pot Copy Share