Paulo Freire quotes - page 3

I intrepret the revolutionary process as dialogical cultural action which is prolonged in 'cultural revolution' once power is taken. In both stages a serious and profound effort at conscientização--by means of which the people, through a true praxis, leave behind the status of objects to assume the status of historical Subjects--is necessary. (Paulo Freire)
The object of a dialogical-liberterian action is not to 'dislodge' the oppressed from a mythological reality in order to 'bind' them to another reality. On the contrary, the object of dialogical action is to make it possible for the oppressed, by perceiving their adhesion, to opt to transform an unjust reality. View quote
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A deepened consciousness of their situation leads people to apprehend that situation as an historical reality susceptible of transformation. View quote
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Someone who cannot acknowledge himself to be as mortal as everyone else still has a long way to go before he can reach the point of encounter. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those who control the power in that society. View quote
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It is necessary that the weakness of the powerless is transformed into a force capable of announcing justice. For this to happen, a total denouncement of fatalism is necessary. We are transformative beings and not beings for accommodation. View quote
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The multitude is always in the wrong. View quote
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To affirm that men and women are persons and as persons should be free, and yet to do nothing tangible to make this affirmation a reality, is a farce. View quote
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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. View quote
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This work deals with a very obvious truth: just as the oppressor, in order to oppress, needs a theory of oppressive action, so the oppressed, in order to become free, also need a theory of action. (Paulo Freire)
While no one liberates himself by his own efforts alone, neither is he liberated by others. View quote
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Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. View quote
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Only in the encounter of the people with the revolutionary leaders--in their communion, in their praxis--can this theory be built. View quote
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The oppressors, who oppress, exploit, and rape by virtue of their power, cannot find in this power the strength to liberate either the oppressed or themselves. View quote
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Trust is established by dialogue. View quote
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Those who are served by the present limit-situation regard the untested feasibility as a threatening limit-situation which must not be allowed to materialize, and act to maintain the status quo. View quote
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To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie. View quote
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language is never neutral. View quote
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The educator has the duty of not being neutral. View quote
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The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves. (Paulo Freire)
True solidarity is found only in the plenitude of this act of love, and in its existentiality, in its praxis. View quote
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One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding. View quote
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If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed. View quote
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... Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle... View quote
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