Pol Pot — "The Vietnamese never asked themselves, any more than had the French, whether the…"

The Vietnamese never asked themselves, any more than had the French, whether the Cambodians wanted the new system they were introducing. They acted in the unassailable certitude of a superior truth.
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Quote from 'Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare' by Philip Short.

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