Ingrid Betancourt

Notable Quotes



In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.

From Ingrid Betancourt

In the free world, your days pass very quickly because you have so many things to do, and you're in control of your life.

From Ingrid Betancourt

The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you cannot talk, when you cannot reach agreements that then you have war.

From Ingrid Betancourt

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

From Ingrid Betancourt

I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.

From Ingrid Betancourt

I don't want to be submerged by depression.

From Ingrid Betancourt

It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting.

From Ingrid Betancourt

The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.

From Ingrid Betancourt

I have to forget in order to find peace in my soul and be able to forgive.

From Ingrid Betancourt

I love Colombia's military. I love my country.

From Ingrid Betancourt

Authors with Similar Views

Francois Hollande

10 perspectives

Alvaro Uribe

8 perspectives

Fernando Botero

5 perspectives

Barbet Schroeder

5 perspectives

Joyce Meyer

4 perspectives

Authors with Opposing Views

Chaim Herzog

2 perspectives

Joseph B. Wirthlin

2 perspectives

Al Sharpton

1 perspectives

Amanda Harlech

1 perspectives

Amy Grant

1 perspectives