Quotes by Samora Machel

About Samora Machel:

Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary socialist leader 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.
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There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.

Samora Machel

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

Samora Machel

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

Samora Machel

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

The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.

Samora Machel

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

Samora Machel

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

Author Bio

  • NameSamora Machel
  • DescriptionPresident of Mozambique
  • BornSeptember 29, 1933
  • DiedOctober 19, 1986
  • CountryMozambique
  • ProfessionPolitician