“And sometimes you have to go above the written law, I believe.”

“I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.”

“I felt uneasy, but sometimes, like I said before, I believed in Col. North and there was a very solid and very valid reason that he must have been doing this.”

“I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.”

“I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.”

“I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.”

“The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my house, following me to work... Then Tom Brokaw and everybody else was doing stories, 'A star is born.'”

“We shred every day.”