" Years later it is common for it to be thought that the possession of an opinion on a subject, which is active, is deemed more important than having any information on that subject, which is passive; and that the vehemence (feeling) with which an opinion is held is more important than the facts (knowledge) upon which it is based. "

― Theodore Dalrymple , Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality