"What the play argued," says Edgar, "was that one of the reasons the right was so heartless and Manichean in the early 80s was because much of its culture was created by people who had lost belief in the ends but kept the means".
Keown, who lost five of 12 matches at Old Trafford as an Arsenal player, thinks the United players have lost belief in their ability to rescue results.
The pre-match talk had been that Redknapp's job at QPR would be in jeopardy if they lost, but this was not the performance of a team that had lost belief in its manager.
She has lost the belief that she is the architect of her own destiny, a supposed cornerstone of the increasingly provisional American dream.
Near the start of their journey, Philippa declares bitterly that she has lost any belief in justice or even in sense.
Indeed, his main lament is that America — the country that invented the modern assembly line, the skyscraper, the airplane, and the personal computer — has lost its belief in the future.
"Some of them see... that liberalism in the West has lost its belief in itself, and they turn to Leo Strauss for conservatism that is based on principle, on 'natural right.' This conservatism is distinct from a status-quo conservatism, because they are not satisfied with a country that has only a status quo and not a principle".
When the lecture ends, Mulder is met by Dr. Heitz Werber, who is surprised to see that Mulder has lost his belief in alien life since the last time they met.
Who could be more respected, and loved than Honest Abe, a classic hero killing classic evils in a world where things are not so clean cut, for a middle class in 2014 that has lost its belief in government, corporations, and the church.
The manager's suspicion, however, is Van Persie has lost self-belief after not being able to maintain the prodigious level of performance that helped United to the championship in Sir Alex Ferguson's final season.
After saying Lièvremont still had the French federation's backing, Blanco added undiplomatically: "It seems we have a coach who has lost all his belief, and he's proved that by eliminating several players from his team.
