Better to kill an innocent by mistake than spare an enemy by mistake.

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

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

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.

Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies.

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.

I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country.