| Date | Quote | Person | Description | Reference | | | | | | |-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|---|---|---|---| | March 4, 1986 | I'm not a crook. | Oliver North | In testimony before [[Congress]], Oliver North denies any wrongdoing in relation to the Iran-Contra affair. | https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/17/us/iran-contra-transcripts-excerpts-from-key-testimony.html | | | | | | | March 30, 1986 | I don't recall. | [[Ronald Reagan]] | In response to questions about the Iran-Contra affair, President Reagan claims to have no recollection of certain events. | https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/17/us/iran-contra-transcripts-excerpts-from-key-testimony.html | | | | | | | May 5, 1986 | A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. | [[Ronald Reagan]] | In a nationally televised address, President Reagan acknowledges that the U.S. did in fact trade arms for hostages with Iran. | https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/17/us/iran-contra-transcripts-excerpts-from-key-testimony.html | | | | | | | July 7, 1987 | I did not, I repeat, did not trade weapons or anything else for hostages. Nor will I ever. | Oliver North | In testimony before Congress, Oliver North denies trading arms for hostages, but admits to misleading Congress and shredding documents related to the affair. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/07/08/oliver-north-a-colonel-on-the-hot-seat/41736af7-e098-49c2-a3f3-9c3600ca272f/ | | | | | | | August 3, 1987 | What I have done was done with full authority, express and implied, of the President of the United States. | Oliver North | In testimony before Congress, Oliver North claims that his actions in the Iran-Contra affair were authorized by President Reagan. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/08/05/north-asserts-he-had-implicit-ok-of-reagan/8b33ec5c-e61e-413d-80ee-9a53403d0c24/ | | | | | | | November 25, 1987 | I have no intention of resigning. | [[Ronald Reagan]] | In response to calls for his resignation over the Iran-Contra affair, President Reagan asserts that he will not step down. | https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/26/us/reagan-is-defiant-on-iran-arms-sales-and-criticisms.html | | | | | | | December 9, 1987 | I have never been a quitter. | [[Ronald Reagan]] | In a televised address to the nation, President Reagan acknowledges that mistakes were made in the Iran-Contra affair, but asserts that he will not resign. | https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/sreference/iran-contra-speech | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |