"Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students."

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“Scientific and humanist revolutionary leaders, on the other hand, cannot believe in the myth of the ignorance of the people.”

“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.”

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“For cultural invasion to succeed, it is essential that those invaded become convinced of their intrinsic inferiority.”

“Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.”

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