Pol Pot
Cambodian dictator, Khmer Rouge
Sayings by Pol Pot
We must be absolutely firm.
The victory is ours.
We are a small country, but we have a big spirit.
We have liberated our country.
We have achieved great successes.
We must build a new man.
We are fighting against imperialism.
We are the vanguard of the revolution.
It was not a question of massacres, but of self-defense.
We want to build a new society, a pure society.
We have eliminated the old society, and we are building a new one.
The people are the masters of the country.
We need to purify the population.
We are not afraid of anything. We will succeed.
The revolution must be clean, without compromise.
We will build a truly independent, sovereign, peaceful, neutral, and non-aligned Cambodia.
The new people are to be re-educated.
We are fighting for the liberation of our people.
Anyone who stands in the way of the revolution must be removed.
We have achieved a great victory.