The revolutionary's role is to liberate, and to be liberated, with the people--not to win them over.
Paulo FreireThe oppressors develop a series of methods precluding any presentation of the world as a problem and showing it rather as a fixed entity, as something given--something to which people, as mere spectators, must adapt.
Paulo FreireThe trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.
Paulo FreireI am dealing with people and not with things. And, because I am dealing with people, I cannot refuse my wholehearted and loving attention, even in personal matters, where I see that a student is in need of such attention.
Paulo Freire