Quotes by Oliver North

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

“I thought using the Ayatollahs money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.”

“I havent, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.”

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

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

“Im trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer”

“I dont think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.”

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

“Its not just talking the talk. ? Its walking the walk. The word of God inspires in ways you cant even imagine. Dont wait until the age of 35 to figure it out like I did.”

“The corruption at the UN didnt begin with the Oil for Food scandal and it certainly doesnt 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.”

People dont like him (John Poindexter) for the same reason they dont like me…If you get things done in this bureaucracy you step on toes.

Death is never easy when you know the people doing the dying.

Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

Whoever has the sword will have the earth.

An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.

President Reagan didnt always know what he knew.

The Obama administration has turned a blind eye to radical Islam since before they came to office. If you look at everything thats transpired since the famous Cairo speech in 2009, its all been an embrace of those who are the most radical elements in that part of the world. That is not a good sign for Americas foreign policy.

Theres the assumption being made by the national security advisers to the Obama administration that the North Korean leadership is not suicidal, that they know they will be obliterated if they attacked the United States. But I would point that everything in South Korea and Japan is well within range of what they might want to do.

Whats been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And thats going to be a very good thing considering whats going on in that neighborhood.

Im trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.