“I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat i...” — Oliver North Quote

I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

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

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.

In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.

The idea of a financial transaction tax on Wall Street trades is gaining momentum. I have a bill called - nicknamed the Robin Hood tax also. It's a bill that taxes stock trades, derivatives and bonds, and would generate in the neighborhood of $300 billion a year.

No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.

As mayor, my New Deal for New York will be a massive infrastructure, stimulus, and jobs program consisting of a $10 billion investment.

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.