Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Pol Pot, born Saloth Sar, was a Cambodian revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until 1997. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. As such, he became the leader of Cambodia on 17 April 1975, when his forces captured Phnom Penh. From 1976 to 1979, he also served as the prime minister of Democratic Kampuchea...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 May 1925
CityPrek Sbauv, Cambodia
bourgeois dead good
The only good bourgeois is a dead bourgeois.
struggle people
I came to carry out the struggle, not to kill people.
struggle satisfied cambodia
I'm quite satisfied on one thing: If we had not carried out our struggle, Cambodia would have become another Kampuchea Krom in 1975.
imagination sick victim
The sick are victims of their own imagination.
judging
It's up to history to judge.
sick remains one-thing
In Khmer we have a saying that when one is both quite sick and old there remains only one thing, that you die.
hungry ifs
If someone is very hungry, the Angkar will take him where he will be stuffed with food.
people looks revolution
I came to join the revolution, not to kill the Cambodian people. Look at me now. Am I a violent person? No. So, as far as my conscience and my mission were concerned, there was no problem.
people leader want
I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.
country government hatred
Failing to induce adulation and submissiveness, the Angkar could only generate hatred. If concealment was the ultimate ploy for the leadership, it backfired and whipped up abhorrence in the context of total revolution. This might be one of the explanations why repression assumed proportions unknown in other Communist countries. The mask of Angkar was a good tactic to grab power, but it proved disastrous in government.
land wish pieces
If you wish to live exactly as you please, the Angkar will put aside a small piece of land for you.
country hurt attention
We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious. They fear Kampuchea cannot oppose the Vietnamese. This could hurt the interests of the Southeast Asian countries and all of the world's countries.
weed loss gains
No gain in keeping, no loss in weeding out.
roots grass remove
To kill the grass you must also remove the root