"In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it), become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers of the humanity of both."    - Paulo Freire ; Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"To be captive to the way things are, to resist criticism and change, to brutally suppress efforts at humanization—is to be bypassed by the grace of God."    - Ched Myers ; Binding the Strong Man: a political reading of Mark's story of Jesus