“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
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“Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.”
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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.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
“Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;… to alienate humans from their own decision making is to change them into objects.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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