He who protests is an enemy; he who opposes is a corpse.

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.

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

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

The Vietnamese... wanted to assassinate me because they knew without me they could easily swallow up Cambodia.

We will burn the old grass and the new will grow.

Even now, and you can look at me, am I a savage person? My conscience is clear.