Report, if you have a problem with this page“ Chronicling the mid-1970s up session with Gerald Ford's clumsiness, the author quotes a medieval maxim that the king has two bodies. The head of state has a physical body like everyone else, but he also represents the body politic, either reflecting its majesty or its weakness. ”
Rick Perlstein
From : The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
