Short bursts don’t build endurance. Anyone can sprint for a week. Strength comes from months, years, decades of consistency.
Civic life is the same. A march, a donation, a vote—they matter. But they matter more when they’re sustained. Change that lasts requires long-haul discipline.
America’s enemies—internal and external—count on fatigue. They assume the sprint will end. The only way to prove them wrong is to keep running long after they’ve quit.