Oliver North
Oliver North
Oliver Laurence Northis an American political commentator and television host, military historian, New York Times best-selling author, and former United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth7 October 1943
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
atrocities-committed caught one-thing
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.
kids marine dollars
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.
reader storyteller
Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
marine safety responsible
As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
country thinking punishment
I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.
fall guy ashamed
I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
sports hero athlete
Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people who place themselves at risk for the benefit of others.
iran people want
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
country war men
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 in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II
lying dont-lie
We lie by not telling you things...We don't lie by telling you things that aren't true.
pregnancy order years
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.
funny military stupid
I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.
country veterans-day war
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 are all volunteers. As General Petraeus put it during a conversation we had in Afghanistan, 'They all came or stayed, knowing they were going to war.' For more than a decade, these patriots and their loved ones have made extraordinary sacrifices for this country. They embody the classical definition of heroes: those who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others.
phones cells rely-upon
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