Then there's the rarer #3 (but still very nice when it happens):

3. They were ignorant at first, and then taught about it, and then realised it, and work on it and speak on other men when they behave badly.

Those are the good allies <3 and I try to focus on those things. Pessimism makes us feel desperate and lack the will for action. Focus on the good we have wrought so far!