It's actually a misattribution. The quote was actually, “First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you." It was said by a union organizer named Nicholas Klein a few years before Gandhi was credited with it.
It's actually a misattribution. The quote was actually, “First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you." It was said by a union organizer named Nicholas Klein a few years before Gandhi was credited with it.