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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.

Samora Machel

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