110 Quotes by Oliver North

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    President Reagan didn’t always know what he knew.

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    The lesson of Pearl Harbor ought never to be forgotten, and of course the motto that came from that, 69 years ago, the war which my dad fought, was ‘Remember Pearl Harbor, never again.’ We need to keep that to mind.

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    I would have promised those terrorists a trip to Disneyland if it would have gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with the missiles and we didn’t have to go to that extreme.

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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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    Without any intended hubris, I’ve lead a pretty exciting life. What I’ve tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story.

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    The Bible says there is a time for peace and a time for war. Now is the time for war. I cannot wait to say it is now a time for peace.” – MAJ James Brisson, Chaplain, 1-160th SOAR, 19 October 2001, Afghanistan.

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

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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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