Oliver North Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.”

“I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.”

“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.”

“In uniform, I had to make judgments about the best course of action in combat when the only choices were 'bad' or 'worse.' As a member of the media, I only had to decide how to get the best 'shot' - preferably without getting shot.”

“The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.”

“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.”

“Writers are storytellers. So are readers.”

“I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.”

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