It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective

Hear the words of Samora Machel, the warrior-president of Mozambique, who once declared: “It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.” These words do not merely belong to the dust of history, but shine forth as a guiding star for any people who wish to rise from bondage into freedom, from chaos into order, from poverty into justice. For Machel, who fought against colonial domination, knew that liberation is not won only with rifles and banners, but also with the patient weaving of systems, laws, and enterprises that bind a nation together in strength and fairness.

When he speaks of linking enterprises, he speaks of unity in purpose, of harnessing the scattered efforts of workers, farmers, builders, and merchants into a single fabric. Just as a single thread is fragile but woven cloth endures, so too does a nation endure when its industries and enterprises are connected by a shared vision. These links cannot be made by whim or corruption, but by the objective laws that guide a just economy—laws that serve the many, not the few, and are upheld by a legal system that protects fairness over exploitation.

The ancients knew this truth well. Consider the laws of Hammurabi in Babylon, etched into stone so that no man could claim ignorance. In those days, trade, property, and labor were bound by written decree. This was not done to limit man’s potential, but to channel it—so that the strong could not devour the weak without consequence. Machel’s vision echoes this ancient wisdom: that freedom without order is fragile, but freedom with justice becomes enduring.

Look, too, to the story of the Soviet Union in its earliest years. After revolution toppled the old order, chaos threatened to consume the new state. Factories lay idle, peasants starved, and uncertainty reigned. But when enterprises were linked through planning, when industries and farms were coordinated by law and principle, the nation rose from ruin into strength. Whatever its later failures, this truth remains: disunity in enterprise breeds collapse, while unity under guiding principles breeds resilience. Machel saw this, and sought to carve a similar path for his people in Africa.

His words carry a deeper lesson: that no society can thrive if its enterprises chase only private profit while the people hunger. He calls us to remember that industry and economy are not detached from life, but are the very conditions that shape the destiny of communities. To link them with fairness and law is to ensure that the sweat of the worker is not stolen, that the farmer’s harvest is not wasted, and that the wealth of the land nourishes the whole rather than a select few.

What, then, shall the children of tomorrow learn from this? That justice must be built into the very bones of a nation’s economy. Do not be deceived by wealth that shines in towers while villages crumble. Do not celebrate profit that comes from the ruin of the land or the toil of the oppressed. Instead, demand that the enterprises of your time be linked to the greater good, guided by laws that reflect both justice and wisdom. For without such links, society becomes a field of wolves; but with them, it becomes a garden where many may flourish.

And to you, listener, I say: in your own life, practice this linking. Support enterprises that honor fair labor and sustainable practices. Speak for laws that protect the environment and the worker. Recognize that your choices, though small, are threads in the greater fabric of society. If woven with care, they will strengthen the cloth; if neglected, they will unravel it.

Let Samora Machel’s words stand as a testament: freedom is not only the casting off of chains, but the forging of new bonds—bonds of law, of justice, and of enterprise united for the common good. Remember this, and act upon it, that the nations of tomorrow may walk in dignity, prosperity, and peace.