"The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors."

"Any situation in which some individuals prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence."

"The pedagogy of the oppressed, as a humanist and liberatory pedagogy, has two distinct stages. In the first, the oppressed unveil the world of oppression and through the praxis transform it. In the se…"

"The educator has the duty of not being neutral. Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others."

"The oppressor's consciousness tends to transform everything surrounding it into an object of its domination."