"Our goal is to build a truly independent and self-reliant nation."

"We must purify the people."

"If you have a problem, solve it. If you have an enemy, kill him."

"The babies, the young ones, I did not order them to be killed. For Son Sen and his family, yes, I feel sorry for that. That was a mistake of when we put our plan into practice."

"In Khmer we have a saying that when one is both quite sick and old there remains only one thing, that you die."