Whoever wishes to blame or attack me is entitled to do so. I regret I didn't have enough experience to totally control the movement. On the other hand, with our constant struggle, this had to be done together with others in the communist world to stop Kampuchea becoming Vietnamese.

To kill the grass you must also remove the root

If you wish to live exactly as you please, the Angkar will put aside a small piece of land for you.

Exterminate the 50 million Vietnamese and purify the masses of the [Cambodian] people.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

I do not reject responsibility - our movement made mistakes, like every other movement in the world. But there was another aspect that was outside our control - the enemy's activities against us.

The first time I heard of Tuol Sleng, it was on the Voice of America. I listened twice.