Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.
Michael Reagan
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Dad sometimes patted me on the knee and called me his Little Schmuck.
Michael Reagan
3
Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.
Michael Reagan
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Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening.
Michael Reagan
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I constantly looked for motherly protection.
Michael Reagan
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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
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It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.
Michael Reagan
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It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.
Michael Reagan
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My adoption was treated as a celebration.
Michael Reagan
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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
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You just watch somebody you love slowly, slowly disappear and go away.
Michael Reagan
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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
