33 Quotes by Samora Machel

Almost everyone know the G3 gun. In the hands of the enemy the G3 is used to oppress and slaughter the people, but we capture a G3, it becomes an instrument for liberating the people, for punishing those who slaughter the people. It is the same gun, but the content has changed because those who use it have different aims, different objectives.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Unity and victory are synonymous.