Oliver North Quotes

The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record.

The issue is not whether or not we can stand with the President. It is whether, at the end of the day, we can stand with ourselves.

Just stay true to myself. That's not even my goal. That's what you always have to do, 'cause at the end of the day when the cameras are off and you put your phone down, you got to live with yourself, be comfortable and sleep at night with the decisions you've made so I'm just always myself unapologetically.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

The day people around me stop questioning my character is the day my character begins to grow vulnerable.

I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.

I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

I ask you to accept one thing. Hand on heart, I did what I thought was right. I may have been wrong. That's your call

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place.

I have a very clear conscience.

I've done everything I can in my life to be the best person I can be, and I can look in the mirror and say that.

Be brave and take accountability for your thoughts and beliefs.

All I can say is that you have to live with your conscience at the end of your life, and it's the only thing that you have that belongs to yourself and nobody else.

I'm very cognizant of the image that's being put out there and the way in which people perceive me. I'm honored and flattered that they see me as being a decent human being. I try my best to be a decent human being, but I fall short of the mark like we all do on a regular basis.

The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.

I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.

Just stay true to yourself and true to wut you believe.

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.