I came to carry out the struggle, not to kill people.

I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My conscience is clear.

I came to join the revolution, not to kill the Cambodian people. Look at me now. Am I a violent person? No. So, as far as my conscience and my mission were concerned, there was no problem.

If someone is very hungry, the Angkar will take him where he will be stuffed with food.

In Khmer we have a saying that when one is both quite sick and old there remains only one thing, that you die.

When I die, my only wish is that Cambodia remain Cambodia and belong to the West. It is over for communism, and I want to stress that.

To kill the grass you must also remove the root