I was struggling against corruption and the only thing... my only weapon was to put the truth in the medias and of course it made me win lots of enemies that didn't want me to just denounce what was happening. — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
I think that for example as a prisoner of course I was pressured to become very submissive and in a way the syndrome of Stockholm is when you shift position and then you become like you're supposed to act, which… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
“I often think about her. One thing she said stayed with me, a dagger in my heart: "You know for me the most horrible… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
I think there is this sensation of being deprived of something that you are entitled to have. — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm fragile, sometimes too emotional, but I'm putting everything I can on my side to be a happy person. — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
I think that the security in the cities is a lot better, but I think that outside the cities the peasants have no security,… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
“I had not suffered enough to find the rage in my guts I needed to struggle to death for my freedom.” — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
Before I was abducted, I think that happiness was related to success. Nowadays happiness is related, for me, to rest, peace, serenity. — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
“I already knew that I had the ability to free myself from hatred, and I viewed this as my most significant conquest.” — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
I was struggling against corruption and the only thing... my only weapon was to put the truth in the medias and of course it… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
If my goal is to change Colombia, which it is because I really think Columbia has to change in many, many ways - I… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
Our life capital is measured in seconds. Once those seconds are gone, we never get them back! — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
For me the very important thing was never to forget that they had no right to have me there, that my duty was to… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
