“ Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. Paulo Freire
“ P57/8- one must seek to live with others in solidarity..only through communication can human life hold meaning. Paulo Freire
“ The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom. Paulo Freire
“ ...to alienate human beings from their own decision-making is to change them into objects. Paulo Freire
“ P60- one does not liberate people by alienating them. P62- consciousness is the constant unveiling of reality. Paulo Freire
“ Education must begin with the solution of the student-teacher contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students. Paulo Freire
“ It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those… Paulo Freire
“ The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people. Paulo Freire
“ P40- this violence, as a process, is perpetuated from generation to generation of oppressors, who become its heirs and are shaped by it. Paulo Freire
“ The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom. Freedom would require them to eject this image and replace it with autonomy and respon… Paulo Freire
“ P46- As long as the oppressed remain unaware of the causes of their condition, they fatalistically "accept" their exploitation. Paulo Freire
“ The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves... Paulo Freire
“ P15 - Our advanced technological society is rapidly making objects of us and subtly programming us into conformity to the logic of its system to the degree that this happens, we are also becoming subm… Paulo Freire
“ Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors, which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed Paulo Freire
“ P20 - The rightist sectarian wants to slow down the historical process, to domesticate time and thus to domesticate men and women. Paulo Freire
“ To simply think about the people, as the dominators do, without any self-giving in that thought, to fail to think with the people, is a sure way to cease being revolutionary leaders. Paulo Freire
“ The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders. Paulo Freire
