I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.
– Oliver North
I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
– Oliver North
I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.
– Oliver 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.
– Oliver North
I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.
– Oliver North
I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.
– Oliver North
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.
– Oliver North
I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.
– Oliver North
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.