Samora Machel
Samora Machel
Samora Moisés Machelwas a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary socialist leader in the tradition of Marxism-Leninism, father and eventual President of Mozambique. Machel led the country from independence in 1975 until his death in 1986, when his presidential aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain where the borders of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa converge...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 September 1933
Samora Machel quotes about
colonial
The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
people
There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.
people parasites
There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.
justice victory unity
Unity and victory are synonymous.
states abstraction
The state, the state apparatus, is not an abstraction.
law socialist-economy essentials
It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.
fighting charity moral
Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective.
reality salary wages
Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
people firsts states
The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.
personality revolution fame
Personalities and fame pass; the revolution must remain.
discipline relaxation laziness
Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat.
dog men vaccines
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.
fighting humanity unity
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.