| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 7795 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Codman Potter (18351908) |
| QUOTATION: | We have exchanged the Washingtonian dignity for the Jeffersonian simplicity, which was in truth only another name for the Jacksonian vulgarity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Address at the Washington Centennial Service in St. Pauls Chapel, New York, April 30, 1889. |
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