The 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 FREIRETo 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.
More Paulo Freire Quotes
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In order to have the continued opportunity to express their “generosity” the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.
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How can I be an educator if I do not develop in myself a caring and loving attitude toward the student, which is indispensable on the part of one who is committed to teaching and to the education process itself.
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language is never neutral
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Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle.
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One cannot conceive of objectivity without subjectivity.
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The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.
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Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people.
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Individuals who were submerged in reality, merely feeling their needs, emerge from reality and perceive the causes of their needs.
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Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history.
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To teach is part of the very fabric of learning.
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Education is an act of love, and thus an act of courage
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One of the methods of manipulation is to inoculate individuals with the bourgeois appetite for personal success.
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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.
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I 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.
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Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.
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