In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it), become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers of the humanity of both

The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust.

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

Any attempt to treat people as semihumans only dehumanizes them.

The hope of remaking the world is indispensable in the struggle of oppressed men and women.

It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.

Through dialogue, the teacher-of-the-students and the students-of-the-teacher cease to exist and a new term emerges: teacher-student with students-teachers.