Be a man Quote by Paulo Freire

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

— Paulo Freire

In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create…

— Paulo Freire

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

— Paulo Freire

The oppressed find in the oppressors their model of 'manhood.'

— Paulo Freire

“When men oppress their fellowmen, the oppressor ever finds, in the character of the oppressed, a full justification for his oppression.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them';

— Paulo Freire

For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.

— Walter Rodney

It is startling to see how the oppressed almost invariably shape themselves in the image of their hated oppressors.

— Eric Hoffer

The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed.

— Paulo Freire

“Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.”

— Audre Lorde

“... but in the depths of their hearts, in that true and ultimate depth which is revealed to no one, there remained the memory…

— Ivo Andrić