The former oppressors do not feel liberated. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed. - Paulo Freire

Faith in people is an a priori requirement for dialogue.

Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people.

Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept in its entirety, adopting instead a concept of women and men as conscious beings, and consciousness as consciousness intent upon the world. They must abandon the educational goal of deposit-making and replace it with the posing of the problems of human beings in their relations with the world.