Oliver North Quotes (32 Quotes)


    I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

    The teachers that teach here could make more money. The staff could do something else.

    I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

    a moment of silence is nothing more than a code word for prayer.

    I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.


    I was authorized to do everything that I did.

    Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.

    I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.


    When I was growing up every single one of my male teachers, every one of them, was either a veteran of World War II or Korea or both.

    What a wonderful gift you have here in the Valley.

    I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.

    And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.

    Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story.

    I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.

    These are always wonderful times to gather not only to hear about the good things that are going to be happening but to share the wonderful talent that God has blessed us with at Desert Christian. I am overwhelmed every time.

    It's not just talking the talk. It's walking the walk. The word of God inspires in ways you can't even imagine. Don't wait until the age of 35 to figure it out like I did.

    I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

    I'm like John Wayne. I only play good guys. Describing his cameo role on a TV series.

    And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen.

    The corruption at the UN didn't begin with the Oil for Food scandal and it certainly doesn't end there. The United Nations is nothing more than bureaucracy piled atop waste, wrapped in fraud, covered with abuse -- all of it funded by American taxpayers who foot 22 percent of UN dues -- more than any other nation. We also pour billions of dollars more into the coffers of its related agencies.

    In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a single American who did not know the name of somebody serving in uniform.

    I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.

    He will be regarded as one of the greatest leaders this country has ever had, ... He knew who he was, who we are as a people, and had an enthusiasm -- a great confidence for the innate goodness of this nation.

    I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.

    I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.

    In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.

    Didn't you notice, mate You got the wrong one. He's Iraqi

    I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.


    The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody.

    I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.


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