Michael Reagan Quotes


"It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Courtship, Parents)

"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."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Dad, Father, Son, Name, President)

"With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Blessings, Liberty)

"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."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Ending, President, states, United)

"Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Republican)

"Nancy is superstitious."
- Michael Reagan
"My adoption was treated as a celebration."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Adoption)

"Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Father)

"It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Sister)

"Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Dad)

"Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Dad)

"Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Want)

"I constantly looked for motherly protection."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Protection)

"I knew if I waited long enough, the Republican Party would rock."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Party, Republican)

"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."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Dad, Family, End, Rest)

"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."
- Michael Reagan
(Related: Thought, Press, Service)