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.

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.

Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.

You just watch somebody you love slowly, slowly disappear and go away.

I didn't know if I was heterosexual or homosexual.

With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.

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

Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election

It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.

My adoption was treated as a celebration.

It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.

The whole universe wants to contribute toyou. The world wants to contribute to you. The world wants to give you everything you desire—but you don’t ask.

Here is the truth about self-discovery: it is never without cost.

I've owned mopeds in the past.

Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history.

It just happened. As though a moment comes when it's both necessary and natural to make a decision that has long since been made.

I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.

[The overthrow of the Castro regime] is the top priority of the US government. - all else is secondary - no time, no effort, or manpower is to be spared.

I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.

As a writer, I don't think it's my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there's someone who'll like it.

IT don't matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!