Ingrid Betancourt - For me the very important thing was never to fo

For me the very important thing was never to forget that they had no right to have me there, that my duty was to escape and that I needed to get back to my family and to my children no matter what. And that I could not accept to just see them as an authority, that I had to always keep in mind that I had to rebel and to keep my distance and to protect my soul because the core of the problem is dignity.

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Betancourt, Ingrid. Interview with Charlie Rose. Charlie Rose, PBS, 14 Sept. 2010.

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