Quotes by Oliver North

About Oliver North:

Oliver Laurence is an American political commentator and television host, military historian, New York Times best-selling author, and a former United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. North is primarily remembered for his term as a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. The scandal involved the clandestine sale of weapons to Iran, supposedly to encourage the release of U.S. hostages then held in Lebanon. North formulated the second part of the plan, which was to divert proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua, which had been specifically prohibited under the Boland Amendment. He was the host of War Stories with Oliver North on Fox News Channel.
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Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

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Whoever has the sword will have the earth.

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

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

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In uniform, I had to make judgments about the best course of action in combat when the only choices were 'bad' or 'worse.' As a member of the media, I only had to decide how to get the best 'shot' - preferably without getting shot.

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I like to tell people that I have the best job in the media. All I do is hang around with heroes. I do that every week for my 'War Stories' documentary series - and when FOX News wants - I go off and cover the young Americans we send to places like A...

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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I was authorized to do everything that I did.

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Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.

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I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.

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As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameOliver North
  • DescriptionUS Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, claimed partial responsibility for clandestinely selling weapons to Iran and channeling profits to Contras in Nicaragua
  • BornOctober 7, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionColumnist; Officer; Radio Host
  • AwardsBronze Star Medal; Purple Heart; Silver Star