Famous Oliver North Quotations

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"And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end."
by Bobby Ray Inman
"I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do."
by Oliver L. North
"I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly."
by Oliver L. North
"I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do. (Invoking Fifth Amendment)"
by Oliver L. North
"I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it."
by Oliver L. North
"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."
by Oliver L. North
"I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance ... was a neat idea."
by Oliver L. North
"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."
by Colonel Oliver North from his IranContra testimony
"I'm like John Wayne. I only play good guys."
by Oliver L. North
"There is no moral middle ground. Indifference is not an option. ... For the sake of our children, I implore each of you to be unyielding and inflexible in your opposition to drugs."
by Oliver L. North
"I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer."
by Oliver North
"[Oliver North is a] document-shredding, Constitution-trashing, Commander in Chief-bashing, Congress-thrashing, uniform-shaming, Ayatollah-lovi..."
by Charles S. Robb
"Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief."
by Oliver North


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