"The oppressed want at any cost to resemble the oppressors."

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“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.”

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

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

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