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> [“However intrinsically loony an idea may be, when people believe it, and act on that belief, it attains a power that can shape reality around it. A simple case in point is Nazi anti-Semitism. The fringe and utterly bogus notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-spence/however-intrinsically-loony-an-idea-may-be-when-people-believe-it-and/)

[Richard B. Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-b-spence/)

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## Other authors on Antisemitism

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antisemitism/christopher-hitchens/)
- [Phyllis Goldstein 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antisemitism/phyllis-goldstein/)

## More by Richard B. Spence

> [“However intrinsically loony an idea may be, when people believe it, and act on that belief, it attains a power that can shape reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-spence/however-intrinsically-loony-an-idea-may-be-when-people-believe-it-and/)

[Richard B. Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-b-spence/)

> [“So how can we determine what’s real and what’s not? We can’t. We can just pick and choose what we want to believe and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-spence/so-how-can-we-determine-what-s-real-and-what-s-not-we-can-t-we-can/)

[Richard B. Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-b-spence/)

> [“Maybe the most dangerous thing about the “Illuminati” isn’t that such a master cabal has ever existed, but that some people believe it should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-spence/maybe-the-most-dangerous-thing-about-the-illuminati-isn-t-that-such-a/)

[Richard B. Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-b-spence/)

> [“So how can we determine what’s real and what’s not? We can’t. We can just pick and choose what we want to believe and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-spence/so-how-can-we-determine-what-s-real-and-what-s-not-we-can-t-we-can-2/)

[Richard B. Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-b-spence/)

> [“A key theme is that human history, behavior and reality are governed not by what we know but by what we believe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-spence/a-key-theme-is-that-human-history-behavior-and-reality-are-governed/)

[Richard B. Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-b-spence/)

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