Famous Sayings #138 — ‘First, They Ignore You …’

February 24, 2019

First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win

Chances are you have a version of this quote. I believe I first heard it a couple of years ago, but I never really thought about the origin until now. In looking up the saying, though, I discovered that the basic idea behind it was centuries old.

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