I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
— Nancy Reagan
I voted for McCain. But I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organized, very, very good. I was very impressed.
When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You know it's not good. You know there's no light at the end of the tunnel. That's the only way you can go. But you really don't know anything about it. And you don't know what to expect.
Everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me. We completed each other.
There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat yourselves out of this promise.
Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential.
I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.
I was the one who was always calling people.
Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.
My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.
You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.
As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.
I said from the very beginning, I don't want a big house, I don't want big grounds, I don't want the trouble with the maintenance and all of that.
I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
I've always gone for the more understated look.
There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
My life really began when I married my husband.
Don't say I was tough. I was strong. I had to be, because Ronnie liked everybody and sometimes didn't see - or refused to see - what the people around him were really up to. But everything I did, I did for Ronnie. I did for love.
With Alzheimer's patients, you have to be very careful what you say when you're looking at them over their bed. Because once in a while, they understand it.
I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.
It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism.
From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
I'm doing what I want to do.
I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.
It's always written that my father was a rich, conservative John Bircher. That is untrue. He was not rich. He was not a John Bircher.
Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.
I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.
I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.
I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.
I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
My life began with Ronnie.
My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'
You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.
It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.
I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.
I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.
I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.
A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!
People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
I don't really yell at people.
I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.
