"Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith." - St. Peter Canisius
I too concur with this assessment.
Even subjectively, the feeling to know that EVERYONE who goes to Mass with you is of the same mind concerning every essential of faith is a blessing. This is another wonderful facet of the TLM communities. Step into one and no one has any reason to doubt that your fellow pew sitters are all on the right page with their Catholicism. I also do include communities like the EWTN Mass and the few others of their like.
Give me a smaller, purified, holy, and, stronger church. Personally, I think by the time 1960 came around, the church (in this country) got too big for itself and God chose to humble us. Now HE is purifying us with solid younger priests in the NO and the resurgence of the TLM.