John Adams Quotes about Dignity

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All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

John Adams

Christian, Men, Dignity

John Adams (1841). “Letters, Addressed to His Wife”, p.277

The happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

John Adams

Men, Dignity, Virtue

John Adams (1841). “Letters, Addressed to His Wife”, p.277

There never was yet a people who must not have somebody or something to represent the dignity of the state.

John Adams

Government, People, Dignity

John Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.583