The principles which men profess on any controverted subject are usual…

John Stuart Mill
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The principles which men profess on any controverted subject are usually a very incomplete exponent of the opinions they really hold. ✨ John Stuart Mill (2015). On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, p.260, OUP Oxford
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