The idea is essentially repulsive, of a society held together only by the relations and feelings arising out of pecuniary interest.
John Stuart MillTruth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
John Stuart MillPopular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
John Stuart MillWhen the land is cultivated entirely by the spade and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every three acres of land.
John Stuart MillNot only the grounds of the opinion are forgotten in the absence of discussion, but too often the meaning of the opinion itself... Instead of a vivid conception and a living belief, there remain only a few phrases retained by rote; or, if any part, the shell and husk only of the meaning is retained, the finer essence being lost.
John Stuart Mill