The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
People have to liberate themselves, because liberation is not a single act. It's a question of eternal vigilance. Otherwise, you'll just become enslaved by someone else.
How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation?
The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.
To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.
The struggle for equality is really a struggle for democracy, and that's why it's a struggle for all the population.
Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if oppression continues, even in a modified form, then the system must still be attacked until that injustice is eradicated.
What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew up being told you were not smart enough or not fast enough, but we all lived from the time we were children to beat the system.
The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths.