 Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted. |
| The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president. |
| My adoption was treated as a celebration. |
| Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election. |
| You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. |
| Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill. |
| I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end. |
| You just watch somebody you love slowly, slowly disappear and go away. |
| Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening. |
| It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan. |
| Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck. |
| I knew if I waited long enough, the Republican Party would rock. |
| Nancy is superstitious. |
| With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it. |
| I thought the Secret Service would protect me from the press, but they were at my house to protect me from assassins with guns, not with assassins with pencils. |
| It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship. |
| I constantly looked for motherly protection. |
