The average term length of a member of congress is approaching 15 years, and the average term length of a convicted criminal is less than three. We've got that backward. — Oliver North Copy Share Image
“Frenchie spoke: 'Captain, you should have seen my lieutenant. He was magnificent.' It wasn't the word magnificent that meant so much. It was what he called me--not 'the lieutenant,' or 'Blue,' or 'Lieutenant North,' but 'my lieutenant.' To this day those words mean more to me than everything else said or written about my time in the Marines. The very… — Oliver North Copy Share
History and war are cruel pedants. Those who know too little of the former are likely to have too much of the latter. — Oliver North Copy Share Image
Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly. Ugly — Oliver North Copy Share Image
I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea. — Oliver North Copy Share Image
And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen — Oliver North Copy Share Image
If you could have imagined that someone is happy that Obama is president, it has to be Jimmy Carter because he is no longer… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
“The objective was simple: capture or kill the brutal leader of a kidnapping ring with ties to the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), a terrorist group devoted to the overthrow of the democratically elected Iraqi government. By September 2007, many of the sectarian militias and insurgent groups had been pushed out of central Baghdad and into havens outside the capital.… — Oliver North Copy Share
In uniform, I had to make judgments about the best course of action in combat when the only choices were 'bad' or 'worse.' As… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
The Obama administration has turned a blind eye to radical Islam since before they came to office. If you look at everything that's transpired… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
