The hope of remaking the world is indispensable in the struggle of oppressed men and women.
Paulo FreireThe behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.
Paulo FreireIndeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them.
Paulo FreireTo glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.
Paulo Freire... there are moments in which the teacher, as the authority talks to the learners, says what must be done, establishes limits without which the very freedom of learners is lost in lawlessness, but these moments, in accordance with the political options of the educator, are alternated with others in which the educator speaks with the learner.
Paulo Freire