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   From: andersons6@inbox.lv   
      
   "James A. Donald"  wrote in message   
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   > "James A. Donald"   
   >> > > > A government falls when enough people disbelieve   
   >> > > > that others start disbelieving also.   
   >   
   > "J. Anderson"   
   >> > > Remove the first 'dis-' if you want your statement   
   >> > > to express what I suppose you're aiming to say.   
   >   
   > "James A. Donald"   
   >> > I meant what I said.  Government exists because   
   >> > people believe it exists, believe it is powerful,   
   >> > mighty, invincible.  When they doubt, when they   
   >> > disbelieve, it falls.  Governments are kept in   
   >> > existence by the power of faith.   
   >   
   > "J. Anderson"   
   >> 'When enough people disbelieve that others start   
   >> disbelieving'. Now where is the logic in that?   
   >   
   > One person's doubt, manifest in deeds, has a powerful   
   > corrosive effect on another person's faith.  Disbelief   
   > is more viral than belief.   
      
   In that case, remove the word 'that'.   
      
   'When enough people disbelieve, others start disbelieving also, and the   
   government falls.'   
      
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