It would be a contradiction in terms if the oppressors not only defended but actually implemented a liberating education.

Individuals who were submerged in reality, merely feeling their needs, emerge from reality and perceive the causes of their needs.

If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed

People in communion liberate each other.

It is essential for the oppressed to realize that when they accept the struggle for humanization they also accept, from that moment, their total responsibility for the struggle.

As one might expect, authoritarianism will at times cause children and students to adopt rebellious positions, defiant of any limit, discipline, or authority. But it will also lead to apathy, excessive obedience, uncritical conformity, lack of resistance against authoritarian discourse, self-abnegation, and fear of freedom.

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