If you give up every time you don't achieve the immediate gain you want, you're just guaranteeing that the worst is going to happen... You can't expect an easy victory after one protest march.

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When you give up after one protest march, you are guaranteeing that the worst is going to happen. When people give up after one protest march, they are abandoning all hope of achieving change. The difference between success and failure is not whether or not you are able to take action, but how much action you are willing to take. You can't expect an easy victory after one protest march, because if you do expect an easy victory after one protest march, then you're just setting yourself up for failure.

Source: Imperial Ambitions: Conversations On The Post9/11 World

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