It doesnt hurt to repeat here the statement, still rejected by many people in spite of its obviousness, that education is a political act.

To affirm that men and women are persons and as persons should be free, and yet to do nothing tangible to make this affirmation a reality, is a farce.

It is impossible to talk of respect for students for the dignity that is in the process of coming to be, for the identities that are in the process of construction, without taking into consideration the conditions in which they are living and the importance of the knowledge derived from life experience, which they bring with them to school. I can in no way underestimate such knowledge. Or what is worse, ridicule it.

What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human?

Any attempt to treat people as semihumans only dehumanizes them.

A revolutionary leadership must accordingly practice co-intentional education.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.