Jeffersonian simplicity
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The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in hisadministration as President (1801-1809), eschewing display orceremony tending to distinguish the President from the people, as ingoing to the capital on horseback and with no escort, the abolitionof court etiquette and the weekly levee, refusal to recognize titlesof honor, etc.
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