"The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed is to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well."

"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."

"Authentic liberation — which is the process of humanization — is not another deposit to be made in men. Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to …"

"The educator has the duty of not being neutral."

"Problem-posing education, as a humanistic and liberating praxis, constantly serves that end. Through dialogue, the teacher-of-the-students and the students-of-the-teacher cease to exist and a new term…"