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Paulo Freire Quotes on Freedom

Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and philosopher and one of the founders of critical pedagogy. This page collects quotes attributed to Paulo Freire on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Paulo Freire:

    “Education is never neutral; it is either domesticating or liberating.”

  • Attributed to Paulo Freire:

    “The oppressed must liberate themselves, and in doing so liberate the oppressors.”

  • Attributed to Paulo Freire:

    “To exist humanly is to name the world, to change it.”

  • “The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors”

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