Pol Pot:

When the water is high, the fish eat the ants. When the water recedes, the ants eat the fish.

— Pol Pot Modern

Cambodian dictator, Khmer Rouge

Slogan used by Khmer Rouge after their overthrow, referring to their defeat as a temporary setback.

c. 1979

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