Without A Minimum Of Hope, We Cannot

Education As The Practice Of Freedom--as Opposed To Education As The Practice Of Domination--denies That Man Is Abstract, Isolated, Independent And Unattached To The World; It Also Denies That The World Exists As Reality Apart From People. Authentic Reflection Considers Neither Abstract Man Nor The World Without People, But People In Their Relations With The World. In These Relations Consciousness And World Are Simultaneous: Consciousness Neither Precedes The World Nor Follows It.

It Would Be Extremely Naive To Expect The Dominant Classes To Develop A Type Of Education That Would Enable Subordinate Classes To Perceive Social Injustices Critically.

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

If The Structure Does Not Permit Dialogue The Structure Must Be Changed

Any Situation In Which Some Men Prevent Others From Engaging In The Process Of Inquiry Is One Of Violence;… To Alienate Humans From Their Own Decision Making Is To Change Them Into Objects.