Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1275 |
| AUTHOR: | Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) |
| QUOTATION: | The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | See also No. 677. |
| SUBJECTS: | Opinions |