A real humanist can be identified more by his trust in the people, which engages him in their struggle. - Paulo Freire

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

It is accomplished by the oppressors depositing myths indispensable to the preservation of the status quo.

Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world, the subordination of students to teachers becomes impossible.