Pol pot quotes on religion

Pol Pot (19 May – 15 April), born Saloth Sar, was the General Secretary of the Cambodian Communist Party (Khmer Rouge) and the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from to He presided over a totalitariandictatorship which made urban dwellers move to the countryside to work in collective farms and on forced labour projects.

The combined effects of executions, strenuous working conditions, malnutrition and poor medical care caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the Cambodian population.

Pol pot quotes on religion

Quotes

• 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.

  • Interview with Elizabeth Becker (22 December ), quoted in "Pol Pot remembered", BBC News (20 April )

• Our policy was to provide an affluent life for the people.