Ignore,Laugh, Fight & Win

Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi
Painting by Vikas Kamat. Acrylic on canvas, 2003

First they ignore you.

Then they laugh at you.

Then they fight you.

Then you win.

--Mahatma Gandhi

I first heard this quot from Bob Geldof yesterday when he was commenting on G8 summit.
there is a strange relation between what Gandhi said and what I released in my life. I mean which ever aspects of my life, education, work and social-political. I clearly remember the way my teacher in university treated me in his class. I notice these phases in my current job and I feel bad about this words regarding to my country.
Any way if anybody reads this post I would appreciate his comment on the quot and the relation to our life in My Country Iran.