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

- Pol Pot

He who protests is an enemy; he who opposes is a corpse.

- Pol Pot

Hunger is the most effective disease.

- Pol Pot

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

- Pol Pot

Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies.

- Pol Pot

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

- Pol Pot

To kill the grass you must also remove the root

- Pol Pot

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.

- Pol Pot

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

- Pol Pot