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Michael Reagan
About the author
You just watch somebody you love slowly, slowly disappear and go away.
Michael Reagan,
#Love
It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.
Michael Reagan,
#Parents
#Courtship
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,
#President
#Name
#Son
#Father
#Dad
With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.
Michael Reagan,
#Liberty
#Blessings
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,
#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,
#Republican
Nancy is superstitious.
Michael Reagan,
My adoption was treated as a celebration.
Michael Reagan,
#Adoption
Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.
Michael Reagan,
#Father
It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.
Michael Reagan,
#Sister
Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.
Michael Reagan,
#Dad
Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.
Michael Reagan,
#Dad
Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening.
Michael Reagan,
#Want
I constantly looked for motherly protection.
Michael Reagan,
#Protection
I knew if I waited long enough, the Republican Party would rock.
Michael Reagan,
#Republican
#Party
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,
#Family
#End
#Rest
#Dad
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,
#Thought
#Press
#Service