Did Pol Pot really say 'If the people live, the nation lives. If the people die, the nation dies.'?

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If the people live, the nation lives. If the people die, the nation dies.

— Pol Pot Modern · Cambodian dictator, Khmer Rouge

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Date: 1970s

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