We will burn the old grass and the new will grow.
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'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.
Better to kill an innocent by mistake than spare an enemy by mistake.
It's up to history to judge.
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.