Bernard Barton

Bernard Barton (31 January 1784 – 19 February 1849) was known as the Quaker poet. His main works included The Convict's Appeal (1818), in which he protested against the death penalty and the severity of the criminal code.

• No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.
  • Reported in M. M. Ballou (ed.) Treasury of Thought, 7th ed. (1881), p. 347

• Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.
  • Reported in M. M. Ballou (ed.) Treasury of Thought, 7th ed. (1881), p. 368

• E. V. Lucas

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