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[t]he More Radical The Person Is, The More Fully He Or She Enters Into Reality So That, Knowing It Better, He Or She Can Transform It. This Individual Is Not Afraid To Confront, To Listen, To See The World Unveiled. This Person Is Not Afraid To Meet The People Or To Enter Into A Dialogue With Them. This Person Does Not Consider Himself Or Herself The Proprietor Of History Or Of All People, Or The Liberator Of The Oppressed; But He Or She Does Commit Himself Or Herself, Within History, To Fight At Their Side.

Indeed, The Interests Of The Oppressors Lie In 'changing The Consciousness Of The Oppressed, Not The Situation Which Oppresses Them.

To Simply Think About The People, As The Dominators Do, Without Any Self-giving In That Thought, To Fail To Think With The People, Is A Sure Way To Cease Being Revolutionary Leaders.

Education Either Functions As An Instrument Which Is Used To Facilitate Integration Of The Younger Generation Into The Logic Of The Present System And Bring About Conformity Or It Becomes The Practice Of Freedom, The Means By Which Men And Women Deal Critically And Creatively With Reality And Discover How To Participate In The Transformation Of Their World.

It Is Not Systematic Education Which Somehow Molds Society, But, On The Contrary, Society Which, According To Its Particular Structure, Shapes Education In Relation To The Ends And Interests Of Those Who Control The Power In That Society.