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
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In the 1974 book about Gerald Ford , one of his former speechwriters, Ron Nessen, wrote: "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."

Source: The Invisible Bridge: The Fall Of Nixon And The Rise Of Reagan

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