Quotes from Oliver North

I was authorized to do everything that I did.

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'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

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 think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1 000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

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

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.

Though a warrior must often suppress other emotions on the battlefield, love is the exception—because embodied in that virtue are all the best qualities a human can possess.