Oliver North
Oliver North
Oliver Laurence Northis an American political commentator and television host, military historian, New York Times best-selling author, and former United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth7 October 1943
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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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
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I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.
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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.
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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.
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We don't need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon.
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
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As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
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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.
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God knows, we don't want prayer.
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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.
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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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In North Korea, grass is a vegetable eaten by the people, and they've got nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles. So, something more stringent than what's been done to North Korea is going to have to work; otherwise, a military strike is the only option.