Andrew Thomson

“If blue helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, run.”

“I'm not convinced that it's worth it. How many Cambodians ever asked for a $2 billion election? Nighty percent of them are rice farmers. I lived with them, watched them die at the hospital, and never was the word "election" mentioned. That money would repair hundreds of roads and bridges and pay for tons of seed and fertilizer. And clear a lot of landmines.”

“He did well, but he couln't afford the blood for a transfusion.”