Samora Machel Professions : Political leader Born : September 29, 1933 Died : October 19, 1986 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Samora Machel 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 unity fighting humanity 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 vaccines dog men 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 laziness relaxation The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people. Samora Machel states people firsts Personalities and fame pass; the revolution must remain. Samora Machel revolution personality fame Unity and victory are synonymous. Samora Machel unity diversity justice 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 salary wages reality There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites. Samora Machel parasites people Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective. Samora Machel ethics charity fighting The state, the state apparatus, is not an abstraction. Samora Machel abstraction states It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system. Samora Machel socialist-economy essentials law For the oppressed peoples and classes, for the peoples and workers who have taken control of their destiny, Marxism is a shining path, a sun of hope and certainty that never sets, a sun that is always at its zenith. Samora Machel destiny path hope sun We must take the initiative; we must be permanently on the offensive. It is the battle of class struggle. We must keep the enemy always on the defensive. Samora Machel always battle struggle enemy Imperialist exploitation and an unjust international economic order are a cause of war. Samora Machel exploitation economic war order Of all the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our generation - is that we understand how to turn the armed struggle into a Revolution; that we realized that it was essential to create a new mentality to build a new society. Samora Machel understand society struggle history For the nation to live, the tribe must die. Samora Machel tribe live nation die The main fight of Frelimo is against human exploitation. Samora Machel against human fight exploitation Your life continues in those who continue the revolution. Samora Machel your who revolution life Mozambique and Zimbabwe must bring into being a new force in Malawi. We must not allow South Africa to set the course in Malawi... The victory is being planned... It demands cold-bloodedness. Samora Machel africa new being victory Our power creates collective production in the service of the people and the revolution, destroys exploiting production, transforms individualistic producers into producers integrated into the collectivity. Samora Machel service revolution power people Similar Authors Brian Topp political-leader Audrey McLaughlin political-leader Attila the Hun political-leader Aslan Maskhadov political-leader Aruna Roy political-leader Arthur Middleton political-leader All Authors
