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

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

For the nation to live, the tribe must die.

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

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.

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