Paulo Freire

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

— Paulo Freire

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Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated: they oppress. ↗

— Paulo Freire

#oppression #decisions

Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely build the future. ↗

— Paulo Freire

#oppression #oppression

… Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle… ↗

— Paulo Freire

#political #inspirational

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves... ↗

— Paulo Freire

#freedom

The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders. ↗

— Paulo Freire

#oppression #community

To simply think about the people, as the dominators do, without any self-giving in that thought, to fail to think with the people, is a sure way to cease being revolutionary leaders. ↗

— Paulo Freire

#oppression #oppression

The educator has the duty of not being neutral. ↗

— Paulo Freire

#neutrality #students #teachers #change

Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation. ↗

— Paulo Freire

#courage

It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation. ↗

— Paulo Freire

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