Humanity Quote by Paulo Freire

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

— Paulo Freire

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

— Paulo Freire

“Yet it is—paradoxical though it may seem—precisely in the response of the oppressed to the violence of their oppressors that a gesture of love…

— Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.”

— Paulo Freire

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

— Nelson Mandela

It is essential for the oppressed to realize that when they accept the struggle for humanization they also accept, from that moment, their total…

— Paulo Freire

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

— Paulo Freire

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

— Audre Lorde

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves...

— Paulo Freire

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

— Paulo Freire

In order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.

— Paulo Freire

In order for the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation, they must perceive the reality of oppression not as…

— Paulo Freire