Quotes by Cambodian Authors

"Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Peace, Country, Now, Past

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"Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Peace, Country, Democracy, End

6

"I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country."

Pol Pot, Cambodian Criminal

Country, Want

6

"John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization."

Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian Royalty

Argument, Protection, State

6

"The trial organized with U.N. participation of some kind will be for crimes committed by Khmer Rouge leaders from 1975 to 1979. That's it."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Leadership, Leaders, Participation, Will

6

"We have lost the art of sharing and caring."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Art, Caring, Sharing

5

"I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My conscience is clear."

Pol Pot, Cambodian Criminal

People, Conscience, Nation, Now

5

"Pol Pot will surrender, be captured or commit suicide."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Politics, Suicide, Surrender, Will

5

"I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering."

Norodom Sihamoni, Cambodian Royalty

Happiness, Suffering, Will

5

"Yet, our achievements also mask many continuing failings and seem to expose more future dangers."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Future,

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"The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Politics, Generations, Past

4

"When I die, my only wish is that Cambodia remain Cambodia and belong to the West. It is over for communism, and I want to stress that."

Pol Pot, Cambodian Criminal

Communism, Stress, Want

4

"I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation."

Norodom Sihamoni, Cambodian Royalty

Soul, People, Body, Nation

4

"We want to see all demonstrations stopped."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Want,

4

"I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader."

Pol Pot, Cambodian Criminal

Leader, People, Want

3

"Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies."

Pol Pot, Cambodian Criminal

Gain, Loss

3

"Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them."

Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian Royalty

History, Time, Dishonesty, Lies

3

"Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts."

Hun Sen, Cambodian Statesman

Future, Rights, Now, Waiting

3

"In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of my compatriots."

Norodom Sihamoni, Cambodian Royalty

Life, Future, Will

3

"It's up to history to judge."

Pol Pot, Cambodian Criminal

History,

Quotes by Cambodian Authors

"Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country."

14

"Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end."

6

"I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country."

6

"John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization."

6

"The trial organized with U.N. participation of some kind will be for crimes committed by Khmer Rouge leaders from 1975 to 1979. That's it."

6

"We have lost the art of sharing and caring."

5

"I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My conscience is clear."

5

"Pol Pot will surrender, be captured or commit suicide."

5

"I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering."

5

"Yet, our achievements also mask many continuing failings and seem to expose more future dangers."

4

"The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born."

4

"When I die, my only wish is that Cambodia remain Cambodia and belong to the West. It is over for communism, and I want to stress that."

4

"I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation."

4

"We want to see all demonstrations stopped."

4

"I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader."

3

"Since he is of no use anymore, there is no gain if he lives and no loss if he dies."

3

"Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them."

3

"Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts."

3

"In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of my compatriots."

3

"It's up to history to judge."

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