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Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator and television host, military historian, New York Times best-selling author, and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel. He was convicted in the Iran–Contra affair of the late 1980s but his convictions were vacated and reversed, and all charges against him dismissed in 1991.

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

Good The Bad And The Ugly, Iran Contra, Tell, Truth, Ugly

Bill Clinton is not my Commander in Chief.

Bills, Chief, Chiefs, Clinton, Commander

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

Enemy, Fighting, Tell, Two, Winning

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

Iran, Make, People, Question, Want

I know the difference between right and wrong, and I can tell good from bad. But I also know that the more difficult decisions come when we have to choose between good and better. The toughest calls of all are those we have to make between bad and worse.

Differences, Decision, Difficult, Decisions, Good

President Reagan didn't always know what he knew.

Know, Knowledge, President, President Reagan, Reagan

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

Lives, Marine, Responsible, Safety

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

Cells, Couriers, Phones, Rely Upon, Sat, Telling

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.

Back, Company, Giving, Platoon, Thinking, Views

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

Ashamed, Fall, Guy, Know

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

Crayon, Defense, Defenses, Lines, Needs, Pink

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

Feet, Good, Lawyer, Lord

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

America, Person, Stories, Story, Think, Thinking

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

Courses, Documented, Seen, War, World

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.

Combat, Dollars, Kids, Marine, Served, Trade

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.

Atrocities, Atrocities Committed, Battlefield, Caught, One Thing

God knows, we don't want prayer.

God, Knows, Prayer, Praying, Want

Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.

Mean, Military, Names, Uniform, United

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

Applied, Country, Day, Punishment, Think, Thinking

The good Lord gave me eight grandchildren, and I am convinced that through schools like Desert Christian that we are going to overwhelm the adversaries, not just with bombs and bullets, but with the demonstration of Christian principles.

Christian, Gave, Grandchildren, Like, Lord, School

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