Pol Pot

Cambodian dictator, Khmer Rouge

Modern influential 163 sayings

Sayings by Pol Pot

We must be absolutely firm.

1977 — Speech to cadres
Humorous Unverifiable

The victory is ours.

1975 — Radio address after the fall of Phnom Penh
Humorous Unverifiable

We are a small country, but we have a big spirit.

1978 — Speech
Humorous Unverifiable

We have liberated our country.

1975 — Speech
Humorous Unverifiable

We have achieved great successes.

1978 — Speech
Humorous Unverifiable

We must build a new man.

1976 — Speech to cadres
Humorous Unverifiable

We are fighting against imperialism.

1970s — Speech
Humorous Unverifiable

We are the vanguard of the revolution.

1977 — Speech to cadres
Humorous Unverifiable

It was not a question of massacres, but of self-defense.

1997 — Interview with Nate Thayer
Shocking Unverifiable

We want to build a new society, a pure society.

1975 — Speech to Khmer Rouge cadres
Shocking Unverifiable

We have eliminated the old society, and we are building a new one.

1976 — Radio address
Shocking Unverifiable

The people are the masters of the country.

1977 — Speech to cadres
Shocking Unverifiable

We need to purify the population.

1975 — Reported statement to cadres
Shocking Unverifiable

We are not afraid of anything. We will succeed.

1977 — Radio address
Shocking Unverifiable

The revolution must be clean, without compromise.

1975 — Speech to cadres
Shocking Unverifiable

We will build a truly independent, sovereign, peaceful, neutral, and non-aligned Cambodia.

1975 — Radio address
Shocking Unverifiable

The new people are to be re-educated.

1975 — Directive to cadres
Shocking Confirmed

We are fighting for the liberation of our people.

1970s — Speech to cadres
Shocking Unverifiable

Anyone who stands in the way of the revolution must be removed.

1976 — Reported statement to cadres
Shocking Unverifiable

We have achieved a great victory.

1975 — Radio address after the fall of Phnom Penh
Shocking Unverifiable