Pol Pot

Cambodian dictator, Khmer Rouge

Modern influential 163 sayings

Sayings by Pol Pot

We must be vigilant against all traitors.

1978 — Speech to cadres
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The victory of the revolution is inevitable.

1976 — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

We have no enemies, only friends and enemies of the revolution.

1975-1979 — Khmer Rouge ideology
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The past is dead, the future is ours.

1975 — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

We must be absolutely self-reliant.

1976 — Statement on economic policy
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The revolution is just beginning.

1975 — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

We will never surrender.

1978 — Radio address during the Vietnamese invasion
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The new society will be a paradise.

1977 — Speech to cadres
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

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

1970s — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

We must purify the people.

1970s — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The only way to build socialism is to destroy the old society.

1970s — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

We must start from Year Zero.

1970s — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The city is the enemy.

1970s — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Intellectuals are like parasites.

1970s — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The people must work harder.

1970s — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The Angkar is the mother and father of all Cambodians.

1975-1979 — Slogan used by the Khmer Rouge, referring to the organization
Controversial Unverifiable

We will build a new, clean, and pure society.

1975 — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

The new people are rotten to the core.

1975-1976 — Referring to urban dwellers and intellectuals during a meeting
Controversial Unverifiable

We have purified the country.

1977 — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

Only the pure remain.

1977 — Reported saying
Controversial Unverifiable