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Oliver North quotes: My wife said to me ... you never understood what we were going through back home, did you? And I didn't. And I have to confess that.

My wife said to me ... you never understood what we were going through back home, did you? And I didn't. And I have to confess that.

Oliver North quotes: We don't need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon.

We don't need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon.

Oliver North quotes: One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.

One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.

Oliver North quotes: Writers are storytellers. So are readers.

Writers are storytellers. So are readers.

Oliver North quotes: My mom told me a long time ago, 'Never get in a fight with a lady.'

My mom told me a long time ago, 'Never get in a fight with a lady.'

Oliver North quotes: Death is never easy when you know the people doing the dying.

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

Oliver North quotes: I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

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

Oliver North quotes: Whoever has the sword will have the earth.

Whoever has the sword will have the earth.

Oliver North quotes: We lie by not telling you things ... We don't lie by telling you things that aren't true.

We lie by not telling you things ... We don't lie by telling you things that
aren't true.

Oliver North quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Oliver North quotes: I was authorized to do everything that I did.

I was authorized to do everything that I did.

Oliver North quotes: For some, a hero wears a spandex suit and a cape. My heroes wear flak jackets, flight suits, and combat boots.

For some, a hero wears a spandex suit and a cape. My heroes wear flak jackets, flight suits, and combat boots.

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

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

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

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

Oliver North quotes: When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.

When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.

Oliver North quotes: History and war are cruel pedants. Those who know too little of the former are likely to have too much of the latter.

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 quotes: President Reagan didn't always know what he knew.

President Reagan didn't always know what he knew.

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

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

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

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

Oliver North quotes: People don't like him (John Poindexter) for the same reason they don't like me ... If you get things done in this bureaucracy you step on toes.

People don't like him (John Poindexter) for the same reason they don't like me ... If you get things done in this bureaucracy you step on toes.

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

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

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

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

Oliver North quotes: God knows, we don't want prayer.

God knows, we don't want prayer.

Oliver North quotes: I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.

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

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

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

Oliver North quotes: I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.

I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.

Oliver North quotes: Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

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

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

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

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

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

Oliver North quotes: I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.

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

Oliver North quotes: It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities.

It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities.

Oliver North quotes: I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.

I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.

Oliver North quotes: Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.

Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.

Oliver North quotes: An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.

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

Oliver North quotes: Heros aren't defined by the way they die but how they live.

Heros aren't defined by the way they die but how they live.