Oliver North Quotes

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• All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our…
• The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01…
• I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.
• I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
• Death is never easy when you know the people doing the dying.
• An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen
• 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…
• The lesson of Pearl Harbor ought never to be forgotten, and of course the motto that came from that, 69 years ago, the war which…
• God knows, we don't want prayer.
• I know the difference between right and wrong, and I can tell good from bad. But I also know that the more difficult decisions come…
• I'm like John Wayne. I only play good guys. Describing his cameo role on a TV series.
• I would have promised those terrorists a trip to Disneyland if it would have gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with…
• The good Lord gave me eight grandchildren, and I am convinced that through schools like Desert Christian that we are going to overwhelm the adversaries,…
• I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.
• 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…
• 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…

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