1.
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
2.
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
3.
You just watch somebody you love slowly, slowly disappear and go away.
Michael Reagan
4.
Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.
Michael Reagan
5.
My father, Ronald Reagan, held the presidency in such honor and reverence that he was never in the Oval Office without a coat and tie. Bill Clinton has such disrespect for the presidency that he was often in the Oval Office without his pants. Behold the leader of 'the most ethical administration in history'.
Michael Reagan
6.
Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.
Michael Reagan
7.
It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.
Michael Reagan
8.
I didn't know if I was heterosexual or homosexual.
Michael Reagan
9.
With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.
Michael Reagan
10.
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
11.
Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election
Michael Reagan
12.
It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.
Michael Reagan
13.
My adoption was treated as a celebration.
Michael Reagan
14.
Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.
Michael Reagan
15.
I've been living a lie all my life.
Michael Reagan
16.
Hollywood was never great for children.
Michael Reagan
17.
Everyone thought I had everything. I had nothing.
Michael Reagan
18.
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
19.
I'm getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan.
Michael Reagan
20.
I wonder if these people today would think Reagan was a Reagan conservative.
Michael Reagan
21.
Being sent away to school was no different from my biological mother giving me away.
Michael Reagan
22.
I constantly looked for motherly protection.
Michael Reagan
23.
Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening.
Michael Reagan
24.
I knew if I waited long enough, the Republican Party would rock.
Michael Reagan
25.
If you believe, so will they.
Michael Reagan
26.
People think I should be a success, but I'm afraid of it.
Michael Reagan
27.
I had never said, 'dad, I love you'.
Michael Reagan
28.
I started to build barriers between myself and others to protect myself.
Michael Reagan
29.
I didn't spend much time with my parents when I was growing up.
Michael Reagan
30.
I didn't feel I belonged in so perfect a family.
Michael Reagan