Language Is Never Neutral

Every Relationship Of Domination, Of Exploitation, Of Oppression Is By Definition Violent, Whether Or Not The Violence Is Expressed By Drastic Means. In Such A Relationship, Dominator And Dominated Alike Are Reduced To Things- The Former Dehumanized By An Excess Of Power, The Latter By A Lack Of It. And Things Cannot Love.

The Role Of The Problem-posing Educator Is To Create, Together With The Students, The Conditions Under Which Knowledge At The Level Of The Doxa Is Superseded By True Knowledge, At The Level Of The Logos.

It Is Truly Difficult To Make A Democracy. Democracy, Like Arty Dream, Is Not Made With Spiritual Words But With Reflection And Practice. It Is Not What I Say That Says I Am A Democrat, That I Am Not Racist Or Machista But What I Do. What I Say Must Not Be Contradicted By What I Do. It Is What I Do That Bespeaks My Faithfulness Or Not To What I Say.

Washing One's Hands Of The Conflict Between The Powerful And The Powerless Means To Side With The Powerful, Not To Be Neutral.

The Atmosphere Of The Home Is Prolonged In The School, Where The Students Soon Discover Thatin Order To Achieve Some Satisfaction They Must Adapt To The Precepts Which Have Ben Set From Above. One Of These Precepts Is Not To Think.