Fear Quote by Paulo Freire

The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.

— Paulo Freire

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

“Could people be oppressed in the name of freedom?”

— Open University

“I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes…

— Nelson Mandela

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

— Paulo Freire

“How is it called freedom if it is limited by those with a history of oppressing you?”

— Jeffrey G. Duarte

“What else must we do and say? What else must the oppressed do for a taste of freedom?”

— Malebo Sephodi

“Freedom is about life or death, I would rather die fighting for it than die running away from the oppressor”

— Peter Mutanda

“The oppressed, as objects, as "things", have no purposes except those their oppressors prescribe for them.”

— Paulo Freire

“Freedom can be a state of mind, a path built independently, and with freedom comes responsibility.”

— Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum

“for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“Do not be with the oppressor, help the oppressed and prevent the oppressor from being unfair.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih