| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 45067 |
| QUOTATION: | We have exchanged the Washingtonian dignity for the Jeffersonian simplicity, which in due time came to be only another name for the Jacksonian vulgarity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Henry Codman Potter (18351908), U.S. ecclesiastic. Speech, April 30, 1889, on the centennial of Washington, D.C.. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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