Machel Quotes & Sayings

We should be respectful but we must also have the courage to stop harmful practices that impoverish girls, women and their communities. — Graca Machel

Recent events have shown us that we are a single, interdependent world. But the burden of any world crisis falls most heavily on the developing countries and on their peoples. And everything that we have learnt tells us that it is the children who will be feeling the harshest and the most permanent effects. Can we therefore claim in all earnestness to love our children--the children of the North and the South--if we do not give the most serious attention to preventing a world that has more than enough resources from dividing ever more deeply between rich and poor? — Graca Machel

In the early '70s [the late] Ras Shorty and I took Indian dholak drumming [from chutney music, another Indo-Trinidadian creation], fused it with calypso's African rhythms, and soca was born against the wishes of the purists. — Machel Montano

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

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

Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective. — Samora Machel

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

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

Soul, love, joy and natural beauty shines first from within. Make time for quiet reflective moments. Be still and know there is more than just Botox and pink martinis for women over 40. — Machel Shull

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

Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat. — Samora Machel

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

Unity and victory are synonymous. — Samora Machel

The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime. — Samora Machel

In a disparate world, children are a unifying force capable of bringing us all together in support of a common ethic. — Graca Machel

Personalities and fame pass; the revolution must remain. — Samora Machel

Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today. — Graca Machel

The impact of armed conflict on children is everyone's responsibility. And it must be everyone's concern. — Graca Machel

Hire people who intimidate you. — Machel Montano