“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.” - Bertrand Russell

would disagree with that, at least to some extent.

Bookworm : Yeah. Some political opinions are based on facts. It's kinda hard, when you accept the facts, to waver on the opinions.