In order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.

The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.

Any attempt to treat people as semihumans only dehumanizes them.

The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but also of 'correct thinking.'

People in communion liberate each other.

With the establishment of a relationship of oppression, violence has already begun. Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence? How could they be the sponsors of something objective whose objective inauguration called forth their existence as oppressed? There would be no oppressed had there been no prior of violence to establish their subjugation.

There is no true word that is not at the same time a praxis. Thus, to speak a true word is to transform the world.