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

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.

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

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

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.

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