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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
Norman Schwarzkopf
War
Enough
Lead
Very
Successful
Lucky
For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Myself
First
Chaotic
Circumstances
Entire
Part
Most
Being
Even
Career
Moving into an unoccupied village when there's no opposition, I don't call that a military victory.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Victory
Military
Call
Opposition
Moving
Village
Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Love
Politician
Hey
Give
Ham
Speeches
When the Normandy Invasion was planned, a very specific strategic objective was given, and that strategic objective was the basis upon which the plan for the Normandy Invasion was derived.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Objective
Invasion
Given
Very
Which
Plan
Planned
Derived
Strategic
Specific
Basis
Nothing is going to change the fact that I believe Ronald Reagan is the greatest president in my lifetime - may well be the greatest president this nation ever had.
Oliver North
Change
Nation
Nothing
Believe
President
Fact
Lifetime
Had
Well
Greatest
Reagan
Going
May
Ronald Reagan
Ever
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.
Oliver North
Today
You
Phones
Somebody
Cell Phones
Emails
Telling
Rely
Terrorists
Up
Cell
Intercept
Cannot
Against
Sat
The Obama administration has turned a blind eye to radical Islam since before they came to office. If you look at everything that's transpired since the famous Cairo speech in 2009, it's all been an embrace of those who are the most radical elements in that part of the world. That is not a good sign for America's foreign policy.
Oliver North
Good
You
World
Islam
Before
Radical
Everything
Those
Sign
Eye
Obama
Administration
Obama Administration
Embrace
Good Sign
Part
Since
Look
Most
Blind
Blind Eye
Policy
Foreign
Came
Foreign Policy
Been
Office
America
Famous
Turned
Radical Islam
Who
Elements
Speech
There's the assumption being made by the national security advisers to the Obama administration that the North Korean leadership is not suicidal, that they know they will be obliterated if they attacked the United States. But I would point that everything in South Korea and Japan is well within range of what they might want to do.
Oliver North
Leadership
Will
Made
National
Assumption
Everything
States
Range
Security
Obama
Administration
Obama Administration
Would
Attacked
Point
Know
Well
Adviser
Within
Korea
Korean
South
South Korea
North
National Security
North Korean
Being
Want
Japan
Might
United
United States
Suicidal
I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.
Oliver North
Think
Tell
Another
Person
America
Wants
Story
Much
I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.
Oliver North
Money
Thought
Support
Idea
Using
Neat
Resistance
And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen.
Oliver North
War
World
Seen
Never
Documented
Course
Much
World War
World War II
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.
Oliver North
Today
War
You
Women
World
Men
Men And Women
Country
Though
Fact
Spite
Had
Almost
Fewer
Them
Uniform
Far
Youngsters
Large
Even
Population
Roughly
Twice
Million
World War
World War II
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.
Oliver North
Me
People
Every
Honestly
Other
Would
About
Something
Put
Clear
Make
Reveal
Answered
Question
So-Called
Want
Ask
Jeopardy
Things
I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
Oliver North
People
Country
Our
Touch
Well
Still
Continue
Lot
Who
Serve
I was authorized to do everything that I did.
Oliver North
Everything
Did
Authorized
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.
Oliver North
Great
Book
People
National
Book Tour
Television
Out
Directly
Tour
American
Interact
Break
American People
Cocoon
Chance
As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
Oliver North
Me
Safety
Marines
Responsible
Combat
Officer
Who
Lives
Served
Marine
I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.
Oliver North
Character
Political
Military
Guy
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
Omar N. Bradley
Man
Humanity
World
Trapped
Monstrous
Danger
Moral
Weapons
Adolescent
Being
In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely.
Omar N. Bradley
You
Problem
Black
White
Think
Soldiers
States
Definitely
Would
Particularly
Integrated
Southern
Southern States
Officers
Where
Unit
Serving
God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance.
Patrick Gordon
Life
God
Time
Good
Me
Suffering
My Life
Long
Repentance
Pleased
Thou
Towards
Make
Praised
His
Gracious
May
Sparing
Use
Grant
The Indians gave up the land of their own free will, and for it received brass kettles, blankets, guns, shirts, flints, tobacco, rum and many trinkets in which their simple hearts delighted.
Patrick Gordon
Simple
Will
Free
Free Will
Own
Gave
Rum
Indians
Guns
Delighted
Blankets
Up
Shirts
Brass
Hearts
Which
Land
Tobacco
Many
Received
It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire is at stake.
Paul von Hindenburg
Me
People
Our
Everywhere
Our People
Recognized
Seem
Empire
Non-Existence
Does
Existence
Officials
Stake
Among
Sufficiently
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not.
Paul von Hindenburg
War
Great
Book
Recording
Unknown
Ourselves
Out
Has-Been
Ripped
Russian
Know
Great War
Been
Losses
Account
Five
Eight
Page
Figures
Millions
It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted to them on a proper basis.
Paul von Hindenburg
Strength
People
Impossible
Our
Proper
Supply
Maintain
Obtaining
Succeed
Them
Working
Full
Working People
Sufficient
Fat
Basis
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