First They Ignore You, Then They Laugh at You, Then They Attack You, Then You Win. "The statement evolved from a large family of sayings that originated in the

First They Ignore You, Then They Laugh at You, Then They Attack You, Then You Win. "The statement evolved from a large family of sayings that originated in the nineteenth century. In 1918 a closely similar remark emerged in a speech by Nicholas Klein, a union representative. Gandhi discussed stages that a movement passes through in a collection of writings he published in 1921, but his words did not really match the target expression." https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/08/13/stages/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/08/13/stages/