Paulo Freire

Functionally, oppression is domesticating. To no longer be prey to its force, one must emerge from it and turn upon it. This can be done only by means of the praxis: reflection and action upon the world in order to transform it.

Only power that springs from the weakness of the oppressed will be sufficiently strong to free both.

This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well.