Failure is impossible.

The statement compresses a philosophy of political perseverance: “failure” is framed not as a possible endpoint but as a temporary condition that cannot ultimately prevail if the cause is just and the work continues. In suffrage rhetoric, it functions as morale-building prophecy—an insistence that setbacks, ridicule, and legislative defeats do not define the movement’s trajectory. The line also shifts attention from individual lifetimes to historical time: even if a leader does not live to see victory, the collective effort can still be “impossible” to defeat. Its enduring power comes from its absoluteness, turning determination into inevitability.