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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Nancy Reagan

History

Relationship

Freedom

" Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp. "

" I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive. "

" I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs. "

" 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. "

Nancy Reagan

Conservative

Always

" I always liked red. It's a picker-upper. "

" I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it. "

" I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out. "

" A lot of what acting is paying attention. "

" 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. "

" My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all. "

" I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it. "

" Just say no to drugs! "

Nancy Reagan

Say

Just

" You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research. "

" I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine. "

Nancy Reagan

Woman

I Think

" I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department. "

" I've always gone for the more understated look. "

Nancy Reagan

Always

Gone

" 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. "

" It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely. "

" I don't really yell at people. "

" I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us. "

" I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't. "

" I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. "

" 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. "

" My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.' "

" 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. "

" You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different. "

Nancy Reagan

Know

Different

" I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed. "

" I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. "

" Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential. "