Men Quotes by Paulo Freire

Problem-posing education affirms men and women as beings in the process of becoming.

— Paulo Freire

To affirm that men and women are persons and as persons should be free, and yet to do nothing tangible to make…

— Paulo Freire

The hope of remaking the world is indispensable in the struggle of oppressed men and women.

— Paulo Freire

Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.

— Paulo Freire

It is not suprising that the banking concept of education regards men as adaptable, manageable beings.

— Paulo Freire

It is in our incompleteness, of which we are aware, that education as a permanent process is grounded. Women and men are…

— Paulo Freire

some may think that to affirm dialogue—the encounter of women and men in the world in order to transform the world—is naively…

— Paulo Freire

Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift. It must be pursued constantly and responsibly. Freedom is not an ideal located outside…

— Paulo Freire

I hope at least that the following will endure: my trust in the people, and my faith in men and women, and…

— Paulo Freire

Indeed, some "revolutionaries" brand as "innocents," "dreamers," or even "reactionaries"; those who would challenge this educational practice. But one does not liberate…

— Paulo Freire

Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept in its entirety, adopting instead a concept of women and men as…

— Paulo Freire

In sum: banking theory and practice, as immobilizing and fixating forces, fail to acknowledge men and women as historical beings; problem-posing theory…

— Paulo Freire

Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;… to alienate humans…

— Paulo Freire

Education as the practice of freedom--as opposed to education as the practice of domination--denies that man is abstract, isolated, independent and unattached…

— Paulo Freire

Libertarian action must recognize this dependence as a weak point and must attempt through reflection and action to transform it into independence.…

— Paulo Freire

But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors,…

— Paulo Freire