For the other people, the babies, the young ones, I did not order them to be killed. For Son Sen and his family, yes. I feel sorry for that. That was a mistake that occurred when we put our plan into practice. I feel sorry.

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.

If you have a disease of the old society, take a dose of Lenin as medication.

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

It's up to history to judge.

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

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