An idea from On Liberty

The people who do the worst damage are usually sincere. Athens put Socrates to death for impiety and for corrupting the young. The men who condemned Jesus as a blasphemer were probably no worse than respectable believers today, and they were just as sure of themselves.

From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

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