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" Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications. "

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Mankind

Worst

" 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. "

" I owe everything to France. "

" Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart. "

" When you have a chain around your neck, you have to keep your head down and try to accept your fate without succumbing entirely to humiliation, without forgetting who you are. "

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Try

" I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president. "

" More than a victim, I am a survivor of a dehumanization process. "

" 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. "

" Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions. "

" As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my children and my grandchildren will relate to the beautiful country in a way that it is positive and loving. "

" I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable. "

" We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too. "

" When you lose your freedom, you are alone with your emotions and reactions... you can see, for example, the bad reactions you have in front of others or the way you could be dismissive or harsh. "

" 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. "

" In the jungle, every day is like the other. So you need to have a special discipline to make things different and to keep in your memory the dates and the days. And I think that's something that's very important when you are held hostage. "

" You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss. "

" I think that women are peacemakers by genetics, because we are the ones who stay at home and because we are the ones who suffer with the aftermath of war. "

" The voice of the Holy Father was like a light. "

Ingrid Betancourt

Holy

Father

" During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released. "

Ingrid Betancourt

Political

Everyone

" I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency. "

" Sometimes you need other people to embody situations so that you can talk about things that for you are important. And I think that being able to hope for the future is what builds in us the strength to just get rid of things that, in the past, can hurt. "

" In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness. "

Ingrid Betancourt

Leave

Behind

" We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable. "

Ingrid Betancourt

Will

Vengeance

" I called my party the Green Oxygen party because Colombians were choking. "

" I am not irresponsible. "

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I Am

Irresponsible

" The relationship with time changes when you're captive. "

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

" I was forbidden to talk to my fellow hostages. "

" I carry the voices of all my family within me, and they were with me there in the jungle. "

" These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children. "