Pol Pot
Cambodian dictator, Khmer Rouge
Sayings by Pol Pot
Better to kill an innocent by mistake than spare an enemy by mistake.
We will burn the old grass and the new will grow.
We will burn the old grass and the new will grow.
If you have a disease of the old society, take a dose of Lenin as medication.
If you have a disease of the old society, take a dose of Lenin as medication.
Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies.
Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies.
My conscience is clear.
My conscience is clear.
Exterminate the 50 million Vietnamese and purify the masses of the [Cambodian] people.
Exterminate the 50 million Vietnamese and purify the masses of the [Cambodian] people.
Hunger is the most effective disease.
Hunger is the most effective disease.
The sick are victims of their own imagination.
The sick are victims of their own imagination.
No gain in keeping, no loss in weeding out.
No gain in keeping, no loss in weeding out.
In Khmer we have a saying that when one is both quite sick and old there remains only one thing, that you die.
In Khmer we have a saying that when one is both quite sick and old there remains only one thing, that you die.
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.