"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."
"I think he would have been proud and smiling... when we laid him to rest because his family was together. I think that was a great gift to be able to give Dad at the end."
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Source: Reagan sons surprised by outpouring for father, www.cnn.com. June 24, 2004.
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