Nancy Reagan - Ronnie Quotes

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Did I ever give Ronnie advice? You bet I did. I'm the one who knows him best, and I was the only person in the White House who had absolutely no agenda of her own — except helping him.

Nancy Reagan

Our relationship is very special. We were very much in love and still are. Thank God we found each other. When I say my life began with Ronnie, well, it's true. It did. Forty-six years? Can't imagine life without him.

Nancy Reagan

I gave Ronnie my best advice — whenever he asked for it, and sometimes when he didn't. But that doesn't mean he always took it. Ronald Reagan has a mind of his own.

Nancy Reagan

I knew that "warmonger" was never a fair description of Ronnie's position, but I also felt that his calling the Soviet Union an evil empire was not particularly helpful. The world had become too small for the two superpowers not to be on speaking terms.

Nancy Reagan

It's hard to envision Ronnie as being a bad guy. And he's not. But there are times when somebody has to step in and say something. And I've had to do that sometimes — often.

Nancy Reagan

In 1981, when Ronnie and I moved to Washington, I never dreamed that our eight years there would be a time of so much emotion. But life in the White House is magnified: The highs were higher than I expected, and the lows were much lower.

Nancy Reagan