Cambodia Quote by Pol Pot

We need a peaceful, modern Cambodia. We need to achieve that. It's not easy.

— Rithy Panh

Cambodia was not a mistake; it was a crime. The world is diminished by the experience.

— William Shawcross

Why should we flagellate ourselves for what the Cambodians did to each other?

— Henry A. Kissinger

“...when we were walking through Angkor War, I found myself wondering about what is lost when one culture is systematically annihilated so another can…

— Kim Fay

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

Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen,…

— Hun Sen

Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists.

— Norodom Sihanouk

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

“certain kinds of polities, communist party-states such as the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, are capable,…

— Timothy Snyder

“how the Khmer Rouge had multiplied and risen to power. It was due to four years of bombing, ordered by Washington, D.C. to destroy…

— Jennifer H. Lau

Once the troops move into Cambodia, the colleges and universities of this country were on the verge of civil war. Many closed down. The…

— William Kunstler

“Richard Nixon was elected president mendaciously promising not victory, but a “secret plan” to bring the war to an “honorable end.” The secret plan…

— Mark Bowden