“I think that women are peacemakers by genetics, because we are the one...” — Ingrid Betancourt Quote

“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.”

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

“At first, I didn't want to accept that I had been abducted. I kept thinking, 'Next week, I'll be freed.'”

“I am not sorry the CIA went to the edge of the law in the aftermath of 9/11 to prevent further mass-casualty attacks on the U.S.”

“American taxpayers have been generous to Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.”

“I first went to Indonesia in 2001 for six months. I was to help a community of plantation workers to make a film documenting and dramatizing the struggle to organize a union in the aftermath of the Suharto dictatorship.”