Colombian - Politician | December 25, 1961 -
I owe everything to France.
Ingrid Betancourt
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I have shed many tears of pain and indignation.
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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.
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You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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I want to tell President Sarkozy - and through him, all the French people - that they were our support, our light.
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The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.
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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.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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I was forbidden to talk to my fellow hostages.
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I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity.
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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.
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