Samora Machel Quotes

• International solidarity is not an act of charity: It is an act of unity between allies fighting on different terrains toward the same objective. The foremost of these objectives is to aid the development of humanity to the highest level possible.

  Samora Machel

  Fighting, Humanity, Unity

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• The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.

  Samora Machel

  Dog, Men, Vaccines

  Samora Machel (1975). “The Tasks Ahead: Selected Speeches of Samora Moises Machel”

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• Personalities and fame pass; the revolution must remain.

  Samora Machel

  Personality, Revolution, Fame

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• The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.

  Samora Machel

  People, Firsts, States

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• Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat.

  Samora Machel

  Discipline, Relaxation, Laziness

  Samora Machel (1975). “The Tasks Ahead: Selected Speeches of Samora Moises Machel”

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• Unity and victory are synonymous.

  Samora Machel

  Justice, Diversity, Unity

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• Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective.

  Samora Machel

  Fighting, Charity, Ethics

  Samora Machel (1981). “Mozambique: Sowing the Seeds of Revolution”

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• Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.

  Samora Machel

  Reality, Salary, Wages

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• There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.

  Samora Machel

  People, Parasites

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• It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.

  Samora Machel

  Law, Socialist Economy, Essentials

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• The state, the state apparatus, is not an abstraction.

  Samora Machel

  States, Abstraction

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