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> [It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-freire/it-is-only-the-oppressed-who-by-freeing-themselves-can-free-their/)

[Paulo Freire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-freire/)

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> [Transformation is only valid if it is carried out with the people, not for them. Liberation is like a childbirth, and a painful one. The person who emerges is a new person: no longer either oppressor or oppressed, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-freire/transformation-is-only-valid-if-it-is-carried-out-with-the-people-not/)

[Paulo Freire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-freire/)

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