“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
“Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
“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
“The more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform it. This individual is not afraid to confront, to listen, to see the world unveiled. This person is not afraid to meet the people or to enter into a dialogue with them. This person does not consider himself or herself the proprietor of history or of all people, or the liberator of the oppressed; but he or she does commit himself or herself, within history, to fight at their side.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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