“The road to revolution involves openness to the people, not imperviousness to them; it involves communion with the people, not mistrust.”

—  Paulo Freire

Source: Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970), Chapter 4, on revolution

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