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.
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I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. What a great honor.
I had the pleasure of knowing Ronald Reagan before he became Governor of California. He was a truly great human being and we usually spent our time together reminiscing about mutual friends.
It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.
I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.
I tell people all the time that I was born and raised in Ronald Reagan's America.
My dad was phenomenal. Born in Mexico, lived poor, didn't graduate from college, and becomes head of a car company and then governor of a state. I can't imagine I would have ever thought about running for office had I not seen my dad do it.
Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.
As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.
My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
My dad was one of only four congressmen who supported Reagan.